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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
 James Watson Parkinson
 b.1912 Miles City, Montana
 d.1990
 John Ferguson Evans
 b.1865 Santa Clara, California
 d.1934 Pixley, Tulare, California
 Ione Mildred Evans
 b.1912 Tulare, California
 d.         
 William Coleman Cortner
 b.1828 Shelby, Tennessee
 d.1894 Stokes Valley, California.
 Mary Elizabeth Cortner
 b.1868 Auckland, Californea.
 d.1938 Ventura, California.
 Mary Ann Jordan
 b.1833 Champaign, Illinois
 d.1915 Tulare, California