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America becomes it's own Nation as their leaders sign the declaration of independence.
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Samuel Morse invents the Telegraph, which results in sending messages in a short amount of time.
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Elisha Otis introduces the elevator safety break. And saves mmillions of lives
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The first vaccination is invented and saves billions of lives
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The first light bulb is invented by Thomas Edison and brings artificial light into our world.
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The Brooklyn Bridge is opened after 13 years of construction. It becomes the biggest suspensionbridge in the world.
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The Eifel Tower is first opened to the public
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Although the Olympics had been running for years before 1896 in Ancient Greek times, this was consiered the first modern Olympics. It attracted the biggest worldwide crowd. Although this does not seem like an Industrial Revolution event, it was an amazing feat to fit over 100,000 people into grandstands at this point in time.
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Australia becomes it's own nation, in a vote ny leaders and public.
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The Wright Brothers carry out the first powered flight with a flying machine.
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The Titanic sinks after hitting an ice berg in the Atlantic Ocean.
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World war I ends after 4 long years.
