1886—1886: Earliest commercial automobile is invented.
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1898
1898—1898: Spanish-American War
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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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1914
1914—1918: World War I
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1919
1919—1933: Prohibition of alcohol occurs in the United States.
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1929
1929—1940: The Great Depression
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1939
1939—1945: World War II
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