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Thomas Edison invented the Phonograph a device that could record and playback sound on a cylinder coated with tinfoil, revolutionizing sound recording and playback. -
The Spanish Amercan War granted the United States new territories which included Guam and the Philippinese in the Pacific which allowed for Americans to access the trade there. Cuba and Peurto Rice in the Gulf. -
On this day Wilbur and Orville Wright made history by flying the world's first successful airplane. -
After hitting an iceberg on its course to New York City sank killing many abroad the ship. -
The assination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand started a chain reaction of countries declaring war specifically Austria-Hungry against Sebria. -
The signing of the Armistice of November 11 of 1918 offically ended the war on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. -
The 19th Amendement granted women the right to vote in the United States. -
A war the involved most major countries split onto two sides the allied powers vs the axis power. The German invasion of Poland trigged this war to begin. -
The attack on Pearl Harbor prompted the U.S. to join the war. -
World War II offically ended in the Pacific Theatre with the offical signing of surrender of documents by Japan. -
The first computer was made, ENIAC. It's main purpose was to calculate artillery firing tables for the US Army during World War II. -
After the events of World War II the jewish people came to the land of Palestine and established the State of Isreal with American President Harry Trumen recognizing it the same day. -
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created to provide security against the Soviet Union -
Apollo 11 was the first mission to have humans on the moon. -
The No.4 reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded making it one of the most radioactive place on the planet. -
The fall of the Berlin Wall signifyed an end to the Cold War. It brought Germany back together and eventually end to the Soviet Union. -
A waterway connecting the Atlantic and the Pacific ocean using locks to raise and lower ships. This route was much more efficient. -
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Hurricane Katrina was a CAT 5 hurricane causing severe flooding and distruction specifically in New Orleans with over 1,000 deaths and billions of dollars in damage. -
Covid-19 was a pandemic that put the world in a lock down for many months. Millions of people were infected and many died.