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The Wright Brothers flew the first working powered airplane in 1903.
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Plastic is invented and used for packaging.
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Titanic, the so called unsinkable ship and largest manmade structure, sinks.
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The flu epidemic in 1918 kills 20 million people worldwide.
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On August 26, 1920: the 19th amendment was ratified giving american women the right to vote.
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Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin which is now used for medical purposes.
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The U.S.A. stock market crashes and the Great Depression or a time of lacking of needs desperately.
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World War II starts in Europe.
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broadcasting on TV begins in the U.S.A.
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Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, which actuated the U.S.A.'s involvment in WWII.
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marks biginning of WWII for Europe
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Nazi Holocaust starts and the concentration camps become known to the public.
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The atomic bomb is tested in New Mexico for the first time.
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On August 6, 1945, the U.S. dropped the first atomic bomb on the japanese city of Hiroshima, killing thousands of people.
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Jackie Robinson becomes the first colored major league baseball player.
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Israel became a land for jews and later gained statehood.
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DNA structure is discovered.
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The space race begins and the first space satellite is launched.
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The FDA approves the birth control pill to help prevent pregnancy.
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The Soviets and Americans fought because of Soviet missles on Cuba.
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John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas.
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Martin Luther King is assassinated in Memphis, Tennesee. A single shot struck his face and neck.
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President Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated in California.
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Neil Armstrong became the first human to walk on the moon on July 20, 1969.
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In the conflict of Roe vs. Wade, abortion is legalized.
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AIDS, a fatal disease, which is transmitible through blood and other sources, is discovered.
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The Berlin Wall, used as a blockade between east and west, is torn down.
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World wide web revolutionizes the internet. Accessing information becomes easier.
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President William Jefferson Clinton lies about having sexual relations with a white house employee, which later led to his impeachment in 1998.
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An earthquake hits San Francisco.
