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Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell receives the first telephone patent. -
Stock Market Crashes
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Chocolate Bar Invented
Candy maker Milton Hershey sells his first milk chocolate bars. -
Pepsi-Cola
Caleb Bradham invents Pepsi-Cola. -
J.P. Morgan
Combines ten companies to create United States Steel Corporation. -
Airplane
Orville and Wilbur Wright had the first flight in history. -
Jp Morgan and other bankers help the economc crisis
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Ford Cars
The Ford Model T is introduced by Henry Ford. -
Federal Reserve Act
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Henry Ford's Assembly Line
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Walt Disney
With his brother Roy, Walt Disney forms Disney Brothers Studio, which later becomes the Walt Disney Company. -
Stock Market crashes
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10,000 US Banks Fail
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FDR's New Deals Act
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WWII ends the depression
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Electric Programmable Computer
The Colossus was the first electric programmable computer, developed by Tommy Flowers. -
Korean War - New Government Debt
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Unemployment Assistance Act
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Walmart
Sam Walton opens the first Walmart in Rogers, Arkansas. -
Johnson signs the Medicare and Medicaid Act
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Starbucks
First Starbucks opens in Seattle, Washington. -
Bill Gates
Bill Gates and Paul Allen form Microsoft to develop software for personal computers. -
Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak form the Apple Computer Company and sell their first personal computers. -
The Web has 130 sites
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The Twin Towers collapse after attack
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Wi-fi is incorpated in Intel
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Economic enters Recession
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Country Debt rises to 11 trillion while the deficit rises to 1.4 trillion
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Health Care Reform
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Congress passes a bill to increase the debt
