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Date |
Event(s) |
| 1 | 1903 | - 1903: First Flight
The Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, at Kitty Hawk, NC
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| 2 | 1914 | - 1914—1918: World War I
World War I
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| 3 | 1930 | - 1930—1936: Dust Bowl
damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s
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| 4 | 1939 | - 1939—1945: World War II
World War II
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| 5 | 1950 | - 1950—1953: Korean War
Korean War
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| 6 | 1969 | - 20 Jul 1969: Man on the moon
Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin were the first humans to land on the moon. As Armstrong took his first step he said, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
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1777 - 1850 (73 years)