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One of our nations deadliest natural disasters that claimed the lives of 8,000 on Galveston Island and cost an estimated 30 million dollars in damages. -
The first successful powered airplane flight was performed by Orville and Wilbur Wright on their Kitty Hawk Flyer after 4 years of research. -
A 7.9 magnitude earthquake that struck San Francisco and caused a three day fire claiming the lives of 3,000 people. It is remembered as the deadliest earthquake in US history. -
President Woodrow Wilson decided to lead the US into World War 1 after US ships were sunk by German U boats (submarines) -
The Great Depression lasted from 1929-1941 was the largest economic downturn in US History that began with the stock market crash in 1929 and ended with World War 2. -
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii was the catalyst for the United States to enter into the second world war. -
The United Nations is an intergovernmental organization with the purpose of maintaining international peace and security, friendly among nations, have international cooperation, and much more. -
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) came into existence with the signing of the National Security Act of 1947 into law by Harry S. Truman. -
Famous civil rights activist MLK Jr. delivered this landmark speech in Washington DC about his dream for equality and freedom and this became a defining moment for the civil rights movement. -
A domestic terrorist attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma by Terry Nichols in response to standoff in Waco and the subsequent deaths.