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Dec 8, 1886

Diego Rivera is born.

http://www.biography.com/people/diego-rivera-9459446
Dec 17, 1903

Wright Brothers make first flight at Kitty Halk, NC

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_976.html
Jul 1, 1908

SOS Accepted as a Universal Distress Signal

http://history1900s.about.com/od/1900s/qt/sos.htm
Aug 21, 1911

The Mona Lisa is stolen. the police had no leads, turned up two years later

http://history1900s.about.com/od/1910s/qt/monalisa.htm
Jun 28, 1914

Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated, triggering WWI

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/08/first-world-war-franz-ferdinand-sarajevo
Nov 7, 1919

Treaty of Versailles ends WWI

http://history1900s.about.com/od/worldwari/p/Versailles-Treaty.htm
Jan 11, 1922

Insulin Discovered

http://history1900s.about.com/od/1920s/qt/insulin.htm
May 6, 1937

The Hindenburg Disaster

http://history1900s.about.com/od/1930s/qt/hindcrash.htm
Sep 1, 1939

Germany invades Poland, beginning WWII

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005070
Aug 6, 1945

America drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima & Nagasaki

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005070
Jun 25, 1951

First color commercial broadcasted.

http://history1900s.about.com/od/1950s/qt/Color-TV.htm
Nov 24, 1957

Diego Rivera passes away due to heart failure.

http://www.biography.com/people/diego-rivera-9459446?page=2