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1914 - 1919 World War I
1929 The Great Depression begins
1939 - 1945 World War II
1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)
1950 Korean War begins
1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb
1898 Spanish-American War
1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight
1908 Ford produces Model T
1913 Edison invents movies w/sound
1812 - 1814 War of 1812 with Britain
1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired
1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South
1867 Alaska Territory purchased
1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete
 Lester Seneca Hill
 b.1843 RI
 d.1907
 Prescott Tillinghast Hill
 b.1885 Providence, RI
 d.1958
 Thomas M. Remington
 b.1818 Warwick, RI
 d.1860 Foster, RI
 Elfrida Elinora Remington
 b.1846 RI
 d.1902
 Cynthia Tillinghast
 b.1820 West Greenwich, RI
 d.1888 Groton, CT
 Eva Fenner
 b.1885
 d.1972