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Santa Anna Rides Out
Santa Anna and his troops ride out to retrieve the cannon beginning the Battle of Gonzalez -
"Come And Take It"
On the morning of October 2, the Texan's ambush the Mexican Troops at their camp, ending the Battle of Gonzalez -
Independence for Texas
Texas won independence over Mexico -
Mexico-American War Comes to an End
The Mexican-American comes to a close after Mexico surrenders in 1847, and officially ending in February of 1848 -
Invention of The Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell invents the Telephone -
Invention of the Phonograph
Thomas Edison invents the phonograph as a method to record sounds -
Edison Illuminating Company
Thomas Edison founded his own company of "Edison Illuminating Company", the first inventor-owned electrical utility, which would later become "General Electric" -
It's a Bird, It's a Plane!
The Wrights have there first takeoff with their flying invention of the plane. -
Selling Cars
Henry Ford began selling his first line of automobiles -
WW1
After the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, it began an outburst of war across Europe, beginning the Great War