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My Great- Grandfather Was Born
My Great- Grandfather was in the army in both World Wars. He even served under General Patton. -
The Titanic Sinks
The ship struck the iceburg at 11:30 the day before and sank at 2:20 in the morning, killing 1,517 people. -
The Start of WWI
The immediate trigger was the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. -
The Bolshevik Revolution Begins
The Revolution started with an armed insurrection in the city of Petrograd. -
The end of WWI
The Treaty of Versailles officially ends the war -
The Stock Market Crash of 1929
The start of the worst recession in America's history -
My Grandmother was born
She was born in Pikeville, Kentucky -
The Premier of the Wizard of Oz
This was the first movie to ever be produced in color. -
The Start of WWII
The war starts when Germany invades Poland. -
The First Atom Bomb is Dropped
The first bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and killed 70,000 people instantly -
The End of WWII
The surrender of Japan officially ends World War II -
My Mom Was Born
My Mom was born in Paris, France -
My Dad Was Born
My Dad was born at Pikeville City Hosipital in Pikeville Kentucky -
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The Cuban Missle Crisis
This was the closest the Cold War ever came to nuclear conflict. -
John F. Kennedy is Assassinated
He was killed in Dallas, Texas while riding in a presidential motorcade. -
My Great- Grandfather Died
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My Dad enlisted in the Army
My Dad was 17 and still in high school at the time. -
The Iranian Hostage Crisis begins
52 American diplomates were held for over a year before they were released. -
My Father is Stationed in Germany
My father was stationed in a small town in Southern Germany for three years -
My Parents were Married
They were married for twenty years. -
The Fall of The Berlin Wall
With the Wall's destruction, the people of East and West Germany wre re-united -
I Was Born
I was born on the coldest day ever recorded in Ohio. It was -20 degrees -
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The Rwandan Genocide
This started when Juvénal Habyarimana was assassinated. 800,000 people were killed -
My Sister Was Born
She weighed 5 and a half pounds when she was born -
My Dad is hired by American Airlines
He worked as an MD/80 pilot based in Chicago's O'Hare airport. -
The Twin Towers are destroyed
This is the start of America's War on Terror. -
My Grandmother Died
She died of lung cancer due to heavy smoking.
