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McKinely was shot by anarchist
The William McKinley assassination occurred on September 6, 1901, at the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York. United States President William McKinley, attending the Pan-American Exposition, was shot twice by Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist. -
The Wright brothers fly the first airplane
Orville and Wilber Wright were credited for inventing and flying the first successful airplane. -
Titanic sunk
RMS Titanic was the largest passenger steamship in the world when she set off on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England to New York City on 10 April 1912. Four days into the crossing, at 23:40 on 14 April 1912, she struck an iceberg and sank at 2:20 the following morning, resulting in the deaths of 1,517 people in one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history. -
U.S. declares war on Germany
President Woodrow Wilson declared neutrality when World War I broke out in 1814, but just a few years later, American found herself having to get involved -
My Great Grandpa, Robert Earl Wisecup, was born
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My Great Grandpa Wisecup
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Nineteenth Amendment gives women the right to vote
Section 1. The right of the citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
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Eighteenth Amendment prohibits alcohol
The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol (i.e. the beginning of Prohibition). It was ratified on January 16, 1919 and repealed by the 21st Amendment in 1933. -
Stock Market Crashes
The most significant events started on Black Thursday, October 24, 1929. On that day, nearly 13 million
shares of stock were traded. It was a record number of stock trades for the U.S. and marked the end of
an upward trend on stock prices. On Black Thursday, the stock prices dropped so quickly, the stock
ticker could not keep up. As the day progressed, the stock ticker lagged behind, failing to show the most
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Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor Naval Base, Hawaii, was attacked by Japanese torpedo and bomber planes on December 7, 1941, at 7:55 a.m. Hawaii time. The sneak attack sparked outrage in the American populace, news media, government and the world -
My grandpa, Kenneth Lee Darst, was born
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My grandma, Norma Jean Darst, was born
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U.S. Drops Atomic Bombs on Japan
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Supreme Court rules schools to desegregate
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Civil Rights Movement
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Kennedy is assassinated
The assassination of John F. Kennedy, the thirty-fifth President of the United States, took place on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, at 12:30 p.m. in Dealey Plaza. Kennedy was fatally shot while riding with his wife Jacqueline in a Presidential motorcade. -
My Grandma and Grandpa Darst were married
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My Dad was born
My dad was born in December 1966 and grew up in Ashville, Ohio -
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Hippie Movement
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My Mom was born
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My older sister, Amanda Sue Browning, was born
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I was born!!
On July 24, 1995 I, Marci Anne Browning, was born at Saint Anne's Hospital. -
I moved out of my old house in Reynoldsburg
In late October 1998 I moved out of my old house in Reynolsburg into my grandparent's house for a few weeks while our new house in Canal was finished being built -
My little sister, Natalie Marie Browning, was born
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My little brother, Joshua James Browning,was born
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Terrorist attacks
The September 11 attacks were a series of coordinated suicide attacks by al-Qaeda upon the United States on September 11, 2001. On that morning, 19 al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners. The hijackers intentionally crashed two of the airliners into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, killing everyone on board and many others working in the buildings. Both buildings collapsed within two hours -
My great grandpa Wisecup died
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I got my doggy, Blue.
Blue is an Australian Cattle dog. I got him the summer before my seventh grade year, 10 days before my birthday. -
Barack Obama becomes the first African American president
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First Day of Sophomore Year
One this very date, I met Mohamad Farah
