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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
 Edgar Seik
 b.1896 Illinois
 d.1983 Godfrey, Illinois
 Margery Jean Seik
 b.1922 Illinois
 d.2002 Godfrey, Illinois
 George Ripley
 b.1827
 d.1886 Boonville, Missouri
 George Rippley
 b.1866 Boonville, Missouri
 d.1937 Grafton, Illinois
 Helena Sume
 b.1834 Baden-Württ, Germany
 d.1872 Boonville, Missouri
 Margaret K. Rippley
 b.1897 Grafton, Illinois
 d.1981 Godfrey, Illinois
 Mary Ann Kelleher
 b.1865 St Louis, Missouri
 d.1943 Alton, Illinois




1964 - 1973 Vietnam War
1969 Armstrong first person on the moon
1973 US launches Skylab space station
1981 Columbia is first space shuttle
1991 Persian Gulf War
1914 - 1918 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
 Living Olsen
 b.         
 d.         
 William McDonald
 b.1871 Wisconsin
 d.         
 Living McDonald
 b.         
 d.         
 Marie Riley
 b.1874 New York
 d.         




1964 - 1973 Vietnam War
1969 Armstrong first person on the moon
1973 US launches Skylab space station
1981 Columbia is first space shuttle
1991 Persian Gulf War
1914 - 1918 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
 William McDonald
 b.1871 Wisconsin
 d.         
 Edna McDonald
 b.1898 Colorado
 d.1979 Columbia, Missouri
 Living McDonald
 b.         
 d.         
 Marie Riley
 b.1874 New York
 d.