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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
 Harold Eugene Callahan
 b.1902 Deaman, Iowa
 d.1969 Morro Bay, California
 William Coleman Cortner
 b.1828 Shelby, Tennessee
 d.1894 Stokes Valley, California.
 Elias Tolbert Cortner
 b.1872 Auckland, California.
 d.1944 Tulare, California
 Mary Ann Jordan
 b.1833 Champaign, Illinois
 d.1915 Tulare, California
 Ada Olive Cortner
 b.1906 Orosi, Tulare, California.
 d.2001 Everett, Washington
 George Washinton Smith
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 Lavonia Smith
 b.1875 Visalia, California
 d.1963 Auburn, Placer, California
 Nancy Carloline Parker
 b.         
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