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- Sonja Henie competed in four Olympic
- Games -- from 1924 to 1936. This is what
- was going on in the United States during
- that period of time.
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- 1924: The first women governors are
- elected. The Boston Bruins become the
- National Hockey LeagueΓÇÖs first team based
- in the United States.
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- 1927: Charles Lindbergh becomes the first person to fly from New York to Paris on a non-stop flight.
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- 1929: The stock market crashes, leading to the Great Depression (a period when the economy was weak and many people were out of work).