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In practice, neither the Vice President nor the President pro tempore—customarily the most senior (longest-serving) Senator in the majority party—actually presides over the Senate on a daily basis; that task is given to junior Senators of the majority party.
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<span>Alcohol was prohibited in the United States throughout the 1920s, beginning on January 17, 1920. The 1925 Scopes Trial in the United States was about the teaching of evolutionism versus creationism in schools, with William Jennings Bryan arguing on behalf of creationism, and Clarence Darrow representing John Thomas Scopes in defense of evolutionism. The Wall Street Crash in October of 1929 began the Great Depression in the United States.</span>
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The Battle of Okinawa began on April 1, 1945 with the American invasion of the Japanese island of Okinawa and ended on June 30, 1945. From the Japanese perspective, Okinawa was the last line of defense to stand in the way of an Allied invasion of the main Japanese islands. Accordingly, the Allies planned to use Okinawa for air support for the planned invasion of the main islands. The fighting ended with the capture of the island by American troops. More than two-thirds of the Japanese defenders died in the course of the battle. There were also high casualties among the civilian population and on the American side. But it was also the first time that Japanese soldiers surrendered by the thousands.
