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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 - 1919 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
 Henri Sylvestre Samson
 b.         
 d.         
 Agnes MacDonald
 b.1877 D'Escousse, Nova Scotia
 d.1947 Littleton, United States
 Marie Florence Bourque
 b.1900 Cape Auget, Nova Scotia
 d.1986 Petit de Grat, Canada
 Charles Bourque
 b.1842 River Bourgeois, Canada
 d.1923 Arichat, Nova Scotia
 Elie Bourque
 b.1872 Arichat, Nova Scotia
 d.1950 Wilmingt, Massachusetts
 Judith Goyetche
 b.1844 Arichat, Nova Scotia
 d.1923 Arichat, Nova Scotia