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 1912 - 1997 (85 years)
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| 1 | 1917 | - 1917—1918: World War One
United States enters into World War One
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| 2 | 1918 | - 1918—1920: Flu pandemic
Current estimates say 50–100 million people worldwide were killed - 500,000 to 675,000 in the US. The pandemic has been described as "the greatest medical holocaust in history". It is said that this flu killed more people in 24 weeks than AIDS has killed in 24 years, more in a year than the Black Death killed in a century.
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| 3 | 1920 | - 1920: Women get right to vote
19th Amendment gives women the right to vote
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| 4 | 1929 | - 1929: Stock market crash
Stock market crash - great depression begins
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| 5 | 1941 | - 1941—1945: World War II
US involvement in World War II
- Aug 1941—May 1942: MCAS Cherry Point constructed
First named Cunningham Field, construction on Cherry Point started less than a month before WW II.
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| 6 | 1954 | - 15 Oct 1954: Hurricane Hazel
Hurricane Hazel hits North Carolina - 19 dead - 15,000 homes destroyed
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| 7 | 1962 | - 1962—1975: Vietnam War
US involvement in the Vietnam War
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| 8 | 1965 | - 1965: TGS Lee Creek Operations Begin
Texas Gulf Sulfur begins phosphate operations at Lee Creek Mine.
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| 9 | 1969 | - 21 Jul 1969: First steps on moon
Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon.
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| 10 | 1991 | - 1991: Internet created
First Internet website goes online
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