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1939 - 1945 World War II
1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)
1950 Korean War begins
1964 - 1973 Vietnam War
1969 Armstrong first person on the moon
1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
1908 Ford produces Model T
1913 Edison invents movies w/sound
1914 - 1918 World War I
1929 The Great Depression begins
1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South
1867 Alaska Territory purchased
1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete
1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb
1898 Spanish-American War
 William Roland Wicks
 b.1859 Lincoln Co., Tennessee
 d.1936 Forest Hill Commu, Texas
 James Holland Wicks
 b.1895 Honey Grove, Texas
 d.1962 Dallas, Texas
 Georgia Alice Smith
 b.1861 Calhoun Co., Alabama
 d.1924 Forest Hill Commu, Texas
 James Hilyard Wicks
 b.1916 Texas
 d.1990 Henderson, Texas
 James Blackburn Higdon
 b.1863 LOUISVILL, KENTUCKY
 d.1911 Fannin Co., Texas
 Ollie Eugena Higdon
 b.1895 Mesquite, Texas
 d.1976 Dallas, Texas
 Margaret Carmichael Girdley
 b.1858 Marion Co., Tennessee
 d.1901 Seagoville, Texas
 Lucille Knight
 b.1909 Texas
 d.1986 Henderson, Texas