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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 M. John
 b.1836 McMinn, Tennessee
 d.1898 Avalon, Texas
 Harvey John
 b.1870 Avalon, Texas
 d.1938 Avalon, Texas
 Nancy Lewis Martin
 b.1842 Crawford, Missouri
 d.1913 Avalon, Texas
 Ernest Harvey John
 b.1892 Texas
 d.1961 Abilene, Texas
 Ida Manning
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