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Important events during the life of Gibb
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The Galveston Hurricane killed 6000-8000 people. It was considered the deadliest hurricane in U.S history.
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President McKinley was assassinated by Leon Czolgosz in New York.
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Cuba gains Independence from Spain.
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The Wright brothers made the first controlled flight in a powered airplane.
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The U.S. begins construction of the Panama Canal.
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Albert Einstein proposes the theory of Relativity E=mc2
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More than 500 people were killed during the San Francisco earthquake.
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Olkahoma becomes the country's 46th state.
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Henry Ford produced the first Model T automobile. The Model T was the first car the average American worker could afford.
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North Pole reportedly reached by American explorers Robert Peary and Matthew Henson.
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Halley's Comet is observed and photograhed. Halley's Comet only appears every 76 years.
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Norwegian Roald Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole