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Spindletop oil discovery
Discovery of large petroleum in Beaumont Texas -
World war 1
Britain declared war on Germany after Germany invaded. It was fought between central powers and allied powers -
Women's suffrage
Giving women the right to vote in elections -
The great depression
Economic illness which caused the U.S. stock market to crash and bank failures -
Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas while he had his re-election campaign -
University of Texas Tower shooting
A massive shooting took place at the University of Texas Austin -
Apollo-NASA Moon landing
First time that humans landed on the moon -
The Watergate Scandal
A political scandal where five men were arrested because they broke into the democratic office and the resignation of President Richard Nixon -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall that divided East and West Germany had finally been destroyed. -
Gulf war
A cease-fire was declared to release all coalitions of war