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1914 - 1919 World War I
1929 The Great Depression begins
1939 - 1945 World War II
1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)
1950 Korean War begins
1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb
1898 Spanish-American War
1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
1908 Ford produces Model T
1913 Edison invents movies w/sound
1812 - 1814 War of 1812 with Britain
1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired
1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South
1867 Alaska Territory purchased
1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete
 Myers-Henry
 b.         
 d.         
 Aaron Griffe Cook
 b.1812
 d.1847 Cambridge, Maryland
 Hetty Catherine Cook
 b.         
 d.         
 Eliza Corentz Small
 b.1815 Harper's Ferry, Virginia
 d.          Illinois