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Date |
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1 | 1876 | - 1876—1876: The prototype telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell.
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2 | 1881 | - 1881—1881: Sioux chief Sitting Bull leads the last of his fugitive people in surrender to United States troops.
- 1881—1881: James A. Garfield, 20th President of the United States assassinated.
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3 | 1886 | - 1886—1886: Earliest commercial automobile is invented.
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4 | 1898 | - 1898—1898: Spanish-American War
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5 | 1906 | - 1906—1906: The 1906 San Francisco earthquake (estimated magnitude 7.8) on the San Andreas Fault destroys much of San Francisco, California, USA, killing at least 3,000.
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6 | 1914 | |
7 | 1919 | - 1919—1933: Prohibition of alcohol occurs in the United States.
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8 | 1929 | - 1929—1940: The Great Depression
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9 | 1939 | |
10 | 1949 | - 1949—1949: Establishment of the defense alliance NATO.
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11 | 1950 | |