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1929 The Great Depression begins
1939 - 1945 World War II
1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)
1950 Korean War begins
1964 - 1973 Vietnam War
1898 Spanish-American War
1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
1908 Ford produces Model T
1913 Edison invents movies w/sound
1914 - 1918 World War I
1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired
1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South
1867 Alaska Territory purchased
1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete
1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb
 WILLIAM HENRY WHITNEY
 b.1840
 d.         
 JOHN LOUIS "LEW" WHITNEY
 b.1870 MOUNT PLEASA, IOWA
 d.1946 GADSDEN, ALABAMA
 NANCY ANN #2 LAMBERT
 b.         
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