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Mexican American War begins sparking the beginning of American Imperialism
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General Robert E. Lee surrenders to Genraly Ulysses S. Grant, ending the US Civil War
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The great chicago fire begins from unknown origins, burning for two days and destroying over three square miles of Chicago
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Alexander Graham Bell patents telephone
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The assasination of James Garfield leads to the invention of first air conditioner by Navy Engineers to help keep Garfield's room cool, and invention of metal detector by Alexabder Graham Bell to find bullets in president's body (it did work but did not find any bullets. It was later realized that the bedsprongs beneath the president gave a false positive for bullets throughout his body.)
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Duryea Brothers test the first American gasoline powered automobile
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The Wright Brothers fly their plane at Kittyhawk North Carolina
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Henry Ford's Model T applies the concept of an assembly line applied to the production of automobiles.
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Beginning of first world war
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US Enters WWI
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Stock market crash leads to Great Depression
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US Securities and Exchange Act passed creating the US Securities and Exchange Commision to prevent the events that lead to Great Sepression from happening again
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Social Security Act passed to provide financial assistance to the elderly, widowed, and disabled
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England declares war on Nazi Germany for the invasion of Poland
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Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, leading the Us to declare war on Japan (and in a foolish move in response to the US decleration of war on Japan, Germany declares war on the US) bringing the US into WWII
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Employment Act passed providing financial assistance to the unemployed
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McDonald bothers rebrand their BBQ restaurant as a hamburger restaurant and apply assembly line techniques to service, creating the concept of fast food (exact date unknow)
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Equal Pay Act passed to fight discramination based on gender
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Apple computers started by Steve Jobs
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Steve Jpbs and Paul Allen found Microsoft
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Microsoft introduces Windows 1
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Stock Market crashes around the world
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Google registers the domain name of the now internet giant
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The World Trade Center is attacked by Muslim terrorists
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YouTube is founed allowing users to upload thier videos to the internet
