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Oct 12, 1492
columbus discoers america
He discovered and land on San Salvador on October 12 1492. Born in October 1951 and died May 1506 -
Jan 1, 1497
1497 - John Cabot claims North America for England
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Jan 1, 1535
1534 - Jacques Cartier explores the Great Lakes and the the St. Lawrence River
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1585 - Virginia colony of Roanoke Island established by Walter Raleigh
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1607 - Captain John Smith explorer and founder of Jamestown
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1619 - Twenty slaves in Virginia Africans brought to Jamestown are the first slaves importedinto Britain’s North American colonies. Like indentured servants, they were probably freed aftera fixed period of servic
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1620 - Mayflower Compact
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1635 - First Public School (Boston Latin School)
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1636 - First College - Harvard College, the first institute for higher education in a north America
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1636 - Colonial North America's slave trade begins when the first American slave carrier,Desire, is built and launched in Massachusetts.
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1689 - English Bill of Rights
English bill of Rights was made in 1689 -
1749 - Ben Franklin - Lightning Rod
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1763 - Proclamation of 1763 by King George III1
Proclamation of King george was made in 1763 -
1766 - Stamp Act
In 1766 there was a stamp act -
1773 - Santa Claus - Colonial America
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1775 - 1784 Revolution
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1776 - Declaration of Independence
The decloration of independance was created -
1777 - Vermont is 1st colony to free all slaves.
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1781 - 1787 Articles of Confederation
The articles of confederation started and didn't end until 1787 -
1787 - Constitution1
The constitution was made in 1787 -
Delaware Dec. 7, 1787
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Pennsylvania Dec. 12, 1787
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New Jersey Dec. 18, 1787
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Georgia Jan. 2, 1788
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Connecticut Jan. 9, 1788
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Massachusetts Feb. 6, 1788
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Maryland Apr. 28, 1788
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New Hampshire June 21, 1788
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Virginia June 25, 1788
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New York July 26, 1788
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George Washington, 1789-1797
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North Carolina Nov. 21, 1789
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1790 - 4 million
4 million -
Rhode Island May 29, 1790
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1791 - Bill of Rights
Bill of rights wa made in 1791 -
Vermont Mar. 4, 1791
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Kentucky June 1, 1792
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1793 - Eli Whitney - Cotton Gin
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1795 - 11th Amendment
11th amendment was made in 1795 -
Tennessee June 1, 1796
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John Adams, 1797-1801
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1800 - 5.3 million
5.3 million -
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Thomas Jefferson, 1801-1809
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Ohio Mar. 1, 1803
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1804 - 12th Amendment
the 12th amendmant was made in 1804 -
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James Madison, 1809-181
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1810 - 7.2 million
7.2 million -
1812 - 1815 War of 1812
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Louisiana Apr. 30, 1812
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Indiana Dec. 11, 1816
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1837 - U of M- 1817 - Founded in Detroit, Moved to Ann Arbor in 1837
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James Monroe, 1817-1825
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Mississippi Dec. 10, 1817
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Illinois Dec. 3, 1818
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1820 - 9.6 million
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John Quincy Adams, 1825-1829
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1829 - Graham Cracker
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Andrew Jackson, 1829-183
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1830 - 12.8 million
12.8 million -
1831- Indian Removal Act (1838 Trail of Tears)
Indian removal act was in 1831 -
1833 - Oberlin College - First college to accept Women
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1835 - 1836 Texas Revolution
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1835 - Oberlin College - First School to accept Blacks
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Martin Van Buren, 1837-1841
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Michigan Jan. 26, 1837
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1839 - Vulcanized Rubber - Charles Goodyear
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1840 - 17 million
17 million -
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William Henry Harrison, 1841
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John Tyler, 1841-1845
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1845 - Baseball - Alexander Cartwright
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James Knox Polk, 1845-1849
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Florida Mar. 3, 184
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Texas Dec. 29, 1845
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Iowa Dec. 28, 1846
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1847 - Doughnut
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1846 - 1848 Mexican American War
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Wisconsin May 29, 1848
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Zachary Taylor, 1849-1850
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1850 - 23 million
23 million -
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Millard Fillmore, 1850-1853
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California Sept. 9, 1850
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Franklin Pierce, 1853-1857
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1855 - Michigan State
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James Buchanan, 1857-1861
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1858 - Pencil Eraser - Hymen Lipman
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Minnesota May 11, 1858
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Oregon Feb. 14, 1859
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1860 - Repeating Rifle - Benjamin Tyler Henry
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1861 - Jelly Bean - William Schraf
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1861 - Machine Gun - Richard Gatling
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Abraham Lincoln, 1861-186
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Kansas Jan. 29, 1861
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1863 - Breakfast Cereal - James Caleb Jackson
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West Virginia June 20, 1863
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Nevada Oct. 31, 1864
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1861 - 1865 American Civil War
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1865 - 13th Amendment - Abolition of Slavery
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Andrew Johnson, 1865-1869
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Nebraska Mar. 1, 1867
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1868 - 14th Amendment
the 14th amendment was made in 1868 -
1869 - American Football - Walter Camp
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1869 - Soccer - Princeton vs. Rutgers (6-4 Rutgers)
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Ulysses Simpson Grant, 1869-1877
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1870 - 38.6 million
38.6 million -
1870 - 15th Amendment
the 15th amendment was mad in 1870 -
1870 - African Americans’ Right to Vote
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1873 - Jeans - Levi Strauss
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Colorado Aug. 1, 1876
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1877- Toilet Paper- Seth Wheeler
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Rutherford Birchard Hayes, 1877-1881
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1879 - Light Bulb - Thomas Alva Edison
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James Abram Garfield, 1881
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Chester Alan Arthur, 1881-1885
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Grover Cleveland, 1885-1889
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Grover Cleveland, 1885-1889
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1886 - Coca-Cola - John S. Pemberton
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1887 - Softball - George Hancock
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Benjamin Harrison, 1889-1893
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North Dakota Nov. 2, 1889
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South Dakota Nov. 2, 188
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Montana Nov. 8, 1889
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Washington Nov. 11, 1889
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1890 - Stop Sign - William Phelps Eno
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Idaho July 3, 1890
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Wyoming July 10, 1890
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1892 - CMU
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893 - Radio - Nikola Tesla
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Grover Cleveland, 1893-1897
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1894- Corn Flakes- Will Keith Kellogg
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1895 - Volleybal
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Utah Jan. 4, 1896
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William McKinley, 1897-1901
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1900 - 76.2 million
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1901 - Car - Oldsmobile - Ransom E. Olds
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1901 - Assembly Line - Henry Ford
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Theodore Roosevelt, 1901-1909
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1902- Teddy Bear - Morris Michto
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1904 - Banana Split - David Strickler
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Oklahoma Nov. 16, 1907
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William Howard Taft, 1909-1913
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New Mexico Jan. 6, 1912
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Arizona Feb. 14, 1912
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1913 - 16th Amendment (Income Tax
income tax started in 1913 -
1913 - 17th Amendment (direct election of United States Senators by popular vote
17th amendment was in 1913 -
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Woodrow Wilson, 1913-1921
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1914 - 1918 World War
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1919 - 18th Amendment (prohibits alcohol)
18th amendment was in 1919 -
1920 - 106 million1
106 million -
1920 - 19th Amendment - Women’s Right to Vote
19th amendment was in 1920 -
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Warren Gamaliel Harding, 1921-1923
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Calvin Coolidge, 1923-1929
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1927 - Kool Aid
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1927- Television - Philo T. Farnsworth
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1927- Television - Philo T. Farnsworth
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1928 - Bubble Gum - Walter Diemer “Double Bubble”
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1928 - Mickey Mouse - Walt Disney
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1930 - 123 million
123 million -
1860 - 31.4 million
31.4 million -
1931 - Electric Guitar - George Beauchamp and Adolph Rickenbacker
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1933 - 20th Amendment - Jan. 20 inauguration.
20th amendment was in 1933 -
1933 - 21st Amendment - Repeal 18th amendment.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1933-1945
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1938 - Soft Serve Ice Cream
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1939 - 1945 World War 2
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1940 - 132 million
132 million -
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Harry S. Truman, 1945-1953
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1948 - Cable TV -
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1948 - Video Game
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1880 - 50.1 million
50.1 million -
1950 - 151 million
151 million -
1950 - 1953 Korean Wa
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1951 - 22nd Amendment - 2 term limit for President.
22nd amendment was made in 1951 -
1952 - Barcode
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Dwight David Eisenhower, 1953-1961
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1754 - 1763 French & Indian
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1956 - Video Tape
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Alaska Jan. 3, 1959
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Hawaii Aug. 21, 1959
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1960 - 179.3 million
179 million -
1960 - 1975 Vietnam War
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1961 - 23rd Amendment - Wash. D.C. representation
23rd amendment was in 1961 -
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 1961-1963
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1890 - 62.9 million
62.9 million -
1963 - Computer Mouse
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Lyndon Baines Johnson, 1963-1969
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1964 - Buffalo Wing
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1965 - Minicomputer ($18,000!)
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1965 - CD
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1967 - 25th Amendment - presidential succession
25th amendment was in 1967 -
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Richard Milhous Nixon, 1969-1974
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1970 - 203 million
203 million -
1971 - 26th Amendment - 18 as voting age
26th amendment was in 1971 -
1971 - Email
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1973 - Cel Phone
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Gerald Rudolph Ford, 1974-1977
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James Earl Carter, Jr., 1977-1981
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1980 - 226.5 million
226.5 million -
1981 - Laptop
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Ronald Wilson Reagan, 1981-198
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1983 - Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
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George Herbert Walker Bush, 1989-1993
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1990 - 248.7 million
248.7 million -
1990-1991 Persian Gulf Wa
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1910 - 92.2 million
92.2 million -
1992 - 27th Amendment - Congress salary changes take place in next term.
27th amendment was in 1992 -
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William Jefferson Clinton, 1993-200
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2001: US Invasion of Afghanistan
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2001 - iPod
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George Walker Bush, 2001-2009
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2003: Invasion of Iraq
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Barack Hussein Obama, 2009-
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1964 - 24th Amendment - poll taxes illegal
the 24th amendment was in 1964