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Orville and Wilbur Wright create and fly the first powered airplane.
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The first true plastic was invented and dubbed Bakelite.
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Claimed to be unsinkable, the Titanic hits an iceberg and sinks against the wishes of its crew and passengers.
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The first world war begins in Europe.
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An influenza pandemic kills an estimated 20 million worldwide.
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Charles Lindbergh is the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
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Babe Ruth hits 60 homeruns in one season. The record lasts for 34 years.
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Alexander Fleming discovers the first antibiotic: penicillin.
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The US stock market crashes, and the Great Depression starts.
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Hitler is named the Chancellor of Germany. His Nazi party begins to take control.
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First television in America at New York World's Fair.
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Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, and the US enters World War II.
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The United States tests out its new atomic bomb on New Mexican soil.
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The United States drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan
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Jackie Robinson is the first African American man allowed onto an MLB team. He received the Rookie of the Year Award as well as the MVP. He was later inducted into the Hall of Fame.
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Israel is officially recognized as a state.
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Watson and Crick are credited with the discovery of deoxyribonucleic acid, better known as DNA.
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The Soviets launch Sputnik: the first space satellite, and begin the space race.
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The FDA approves the pill for birth control.
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The Cuban Missile Crisis almost starts World War III.
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President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas.
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Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to walk on the moon.
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Because of the Roe vs. Wade case and the Doe vs. Bolton case, the Supreme Court decides to legalize abortion under the 14th ammendment.
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The first mass marketed personal computer is launched called the Apple II.
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The nuclear plant Chernobyl explodes and brings the lives of an estimated 7000 people to an end.
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The World Wide Web is created. Makes the Internet a more wonderful place.
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East Germany lifts travel restrictions and the Berlin Wall falls.
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The U.S.S.R. dissolves. Mikhail Gorbachev hands in his resignation, and Boris Yeltsin takes command.
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Apartheid is officially ended in South Africa. Laws are created to treat races equally.
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The Pathfinder lands on Martian soil. Moving only 2 inches in an hour, it manages to send back astounding pictures.
