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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 JAMES COOK
 b.1852 JACKSON , LOUISIANA
 d.1917 LIBERTY HI, LOUISIANA
 JOHN WILLIE COOK
 b.1881 LINCOLN P, LOUISIANA
 d.1941 SHREVEPO, LOUISIANA
 WILLIAM DONEVANT NELSON
 b.1831 SOUTH CAROLINA
 d.1912 GEORGIA
 FRANCIS ELNORA NELSON
 b.1858 TRENTON, LOUISIANA
 d.1949 LIBERTY HI, LOUISIANA
 MARTHA LEWIS WRIGHT
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