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The Wright brothers make the first controlled, sustained flight and heavier than air aircraft at Kitty Hawk, N.C. -
U.S. enter World War I, declaring war on Germany on April 6, 1917 and Austria-Hungary on December 7, 1917 three years after conflict began in 1914. Armistice ending World War I is signed on November 11, 1918. -
First long distance telephone service, between New York and San Francisco is demonstrated. -
Worldwide influenza epidemic strikes; by 1920, nearly 20 million are dead. In U.S., 500,000 perish. -
Makes a first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane. -
The first woman elected to the U.S. Senate due to a vacancy cost for the death of her husband. She’s rel ed at 1932 and 1938. -
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, just before 08:00 a.m. -
The surrender of Imperial Japan was announced by Japanese Emperor Hirohito on August 15 and formally signed and bringing the hostilities of World War II to a close. -
Cold War conflict between communist and non-Communist forces on Korean peninsula. North Korean communist invade South Korea. President Truman, with all the approval Congress, commits American troops too battle. -
First American satellite is launched and part of the U.S. participation in the National Geophysical Year.