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The Wright brothers achieved the first powered flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. -
World War I with the U.S. entering the conflict in 1917 -
The stock market crashes which leads to the Great Depression. -
The U.S. participates in World War II after the attack on Pearl Harbor. -
Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling declares school segregation unconstitutional. -
35th U.S. President, John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas Texas. -
Apollo 11 mission successfully lands the first human on the moon. -
President Richard Nixon resigns in the wake of the Watergate scandal. -
The fall of the Berlin Wall marks the end of the Cold War. -
The introduction of the Euro impacts global markets, the U.S. plays a significant role in the economic shift.