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 1950 - 1996 (45 years)
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| 1 | 1892 | - 1 Jan 1892—Nov 1954: Ellis Island
Ellis Island, New York; passenger ship immigration port
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| 2 | 1918 | - 1918—1992: CZECHOSLOVAKIA
28 Oct 1918 - 31 Dec 1992, Establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918. First President was Thomas G. Masaryk who died in 1937. According to the 1921 census, its population makup was: Czechs 51%, Slovaks 14.5%, Germans 23.4%, Hungarians 5.5%, plus some Polish, Ukrainians, Russians, Jews and Romy.
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| 3 | 1945 | - 1945—1989: Communist Era in Czechoslovakia
1945 - Nov 1989, The Communist Era in Czechoslovakia ended with the Velvet Revolution in November 1989.
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| 4 | 1950 | - 1950—1953: Korean War
Korean War
- 1950: Consolidation of all records
Czechoslovakia consolidates all records of genealogical value by the government.
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| 5 | 1952 | - 1952: Passenger Jet
First passenger jet in Britian.
- 1952: Centralization of all records
Czechoslovakia centralizes records into state regional archives.
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| 6 | 1964 | - 1964—1975: Vietnam War
Vietnam War from 1964 to 1975.
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| 7 | 1968 | - 1968: Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia
https://www.mzv.cz/tripoli/en/general_information_about_the_czech/history/index.html - August 1968 - Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia
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| 8 | 1989 | - 1989: Velvet Revolution
1989; Velvet Revolution - Fall of communism in Czechoslovakia
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| 9 | 1993 | - 1993: CZECH REPUBLIC and SLOVAKIA
1 Jan 1993, Czechoslovakia splits into two independent countries (known as the Velvet Divorce) - the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Czech Republic is 30,450 square miles (about the size of South Carolina or Maine). Slovakia is 49,035 square milies (about the size of Mississippi).
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