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wright brothers
The Wright brothers became the first ever controlled flight aircraft at Kitty Hawk -
world war 1
United States entered WW1 (1914)
Declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917
and on Austria-Hungary on December 7. -
End of WW1
an armistice ended WW1 -
19th Amendment
Texas adopts the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote. Texas became the nine states to adopt it in the United States and the first state in the south to ratify it. -
MA Ferguson
M.A Ferguson became the first ever woman to be elected in Texas. -
31st President
Herbert Hoover is inaugurated as the 31st president of the United States. -
Roaring twenties
The stock market crash also known as black Tuesday, shared prices on New York Stock Exchange collapsed causing it to precipitate Great Depression. -
National anthem
The star-spangled banner is adopted to be the National anthem apex. -
Assassination
John F Kennedy was assasinated in Dallas Texas during a presidential parade. -
civil rights act
President Johnson signs the civil rights act into the law at a White House Ceremony. -
Assasination
Martin Luther King Jr baptist minister and civil rights leader was assassinated in Memphis Tennessee due to hatred. -
37th president
Richard Nixon is inaugurated the 37th president -
First men on Moon
Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin jr became the first men to land on the moon. -
39th president
Jimmy Carter is inaugurated, as the 39th president. He was the president that signed the treaty on September 7 agreeing to turn control of the Panama Canal to Panama on December 3, 1999. -
Space shuttle
The famous space shuttle "challenger" exploded right after liftoff killing all 7 crew members in it. -
Persian Gulf War
US leads military operation ("Desert storm") to throw Iraqis out of Kuwait -
46th Governor
George W Bush is elected the 46th governor of Texas and later became president in 2001.