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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
 Henry Nathaniel Rackley
 b.1849 Arkansas
 d.1900 Texas
 John William Rackley
 b.1884 Arkansas
 d.1960 Tillman Co., Oklahoma
 Martha Elmira Stone
 b.1853 Carroll Co., Tennessee
 d.1934 COMANCHE CO, TEXAS
 Virgil Ray Rackley
 b.1920 Tillman Co., Oklahoma
 d.1986 Weslaco, Texas
 Etta Huron Nichols
 b.1893 Louisiana
 d.1980 Tillman Co., Oklahoma
 Sandina (Sandy) Birdsong
 b.1926
 d.1991 Weslaco, Texas