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Wright Flyers
The Wright brothers fly the first airplane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina -
Henry Ford
Henry Ford founds the Ford Motor Company and begins building Ford automobiles -
Earthquake San Francisco
An eAarthquake and a fire destroys most of San Francisco, California. -
Matthew Henson
Matthew Henson, an African American, becomes the first man to reach the North Pole. -
Coffee Beverage
Coffee, a favorite American beverage sincethe Civil War, is now marketed in an "instant" form.
