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Louisiana Purchase
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Sam Colt receives patent for Colt revolver
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Corning Glass Works was founded by Amory Houghton, in Somerville, Massachusetts
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Levi Strauss & Co. is founded in San Francisco
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Civil war begins
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President Lincoln Shot
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Jack Daniels Distillery registed with the federal government
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John Pemberton creates syrup that would become Coca Cola
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Johnson brothers form Johnson & Johnson Co. in New Brunswick, NJ
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Scranton Lace Company established by the Scranton Board of Trade
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New York Shipbuilding established in Camden, NJ
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The Case brothers incorporated and formed Case Brothers Cutlery
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World War I
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MGM Studios is founded
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George G. Blaisdell founded Zippo Manufacturing Company
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World War II begins
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Sam Walton purchases a store from Luther E. Harrison in Bentonville, Arkansas, and opened Walton's 5 & 10
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Korean War Begins
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Texas Instruments founded
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Vietnam war begins
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Bill Gates and Paul Allen co-found Microsoft
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Steve Jobs & Steve Wozniak form Apple Computer
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Gulf War (Desert Storm)
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Yahoo! founded at Stanford University
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Amazon.com hits the internet
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Larry Page and Sergey Brin rename their search engine, Backrub to Google.
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United States attacked by terrorists
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Operation Iraqi Freedom begins
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Mark Zuckerberg launches Facebook
