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  Orville and Wilbur Wright fly their plane, The Wright Flyer, In Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
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  Charles Lindbergh flies solo across the Atlantic on the plane "The Spirit of St. Louis.
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  Japan bombs Pearl Harbor which causes the United States to enter WWII.
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  The United States, Apollo 11, lands on the moon.
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  Iraq takes over two airliners and drives them into the World Trade Centers.