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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 Edward Sirk
 b.1850
 d.         
 Curtis Sirk
 b.1881
 d.1983
 Rachel Eagle
 b.1846
 d.1925
 Leah Fay Sirk
 b.1935
 d.         
 Paul Harvard Sirk
 b.1916
 d.2005
 George Pettit
 b.1863 West Virginia
 d.         
 Louie Allen Sirk
 b. Private
 d.         
 Naomi Pettit
 b.1893
 d.1981
 Clara Teal
 b.1872 West Virginia
 d.         
 Connie Lou Sirk
 b. Private
 d.         
 Belinda Gay Sirk
 b. Private
 d.         
 Etta Margaret Rogers
 b.1918
 d.1997