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December 17, 1903, the Wright Brothers flew the first powered airplane with controlled and sustained flight; they called the plane the Flyer. (Credit: NASA). The U.S. government initiated mass manufacturing of airplanes, which they saw as powerful weapons and reconnaissance vehicles.
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Henry Ford organized the first U.S. assembly line in 1913.
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AT & T made the first transcontinental telephone call after stretching telephone lines across the country.
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Dr. John W. Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert built the world's first computer called ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer). The computer was built to support the war efforts. The U.S. military required machines that could calculate equations at high speeds with accuracy for warfare. http://www.fi.edu/learn/case-files/eckertmauchly/
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