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| 1 | 1877 | - 24 Mar 1877—3 Mar 1881: POLITICAL: Rutherford Hayes, President .
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| 2 | 1878 | - 1878—1878: HISTORY: .Sir Joseph Wilson Swan was the first person to invent a practical and longer-lasting electric light bulb.
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| 3 | 1879 | - 1879—1879: NATIVE AMERICAN: The Buffalo of the Great Plains were gone, over 15 million destroyed by white hunters..Estimation taken this year was less than 1500 buffalo left in the Great Plains.
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| 4 | 1880 | - 1880—1880: HISTORY: .Englishmen, John Milne invents the modern seismograph.
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| 5 | 1881 | - 1881—1881: HISTORY: David Houston patents the roll film for cameras..
- 1881—1885: POLITICAL: Chester A. Arthur, President.Vice President under James Garfield, sworn in as president upon the death of Garfield.
- 4 Mar 1881—19 Sep 1881: POLITICAL: James Garfield, President.
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| 6 | 1884 | - 1884—1884: HISTORY: .James Ritty invents the first working, mechanical cash register.
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| 7 | 1885 | - 1885—1885: HISTORY: .Karl Benz invents the first practical automobile to be powered by an internal-combustion engine.
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| 8 | 1886 | - 1886—1886: HISTORY: .John Pemberton invents Coca Cola.
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| 9 | 1887 | - 1887—1887: HISTORY: .German, Heinrich Hertz invents radar.
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| 10 | 1888 | - 1888—1888: HISTORY: John Boyd Dunlop patents a commercially successful pneumatic tire..
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| 11 | 1889 | - 1889—1889: HISTORY: .Sir James Dewar and Sir Frederick Abel co-invent Cordite - a type of smokeless gunpowder.
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| 12 | 1890 | - 3 Jul 1890—1890: POLITICAL: Idaho statehood.
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| 13 | 1891 | - 1891—1891: HISTORY: .Jesse W. Reno invents the escalator.
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| 14 | 1892 | - 1892—1892: HISTORY: .Sir James Dewar invents the Dewar flask or vacuum flask.
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| 15 | 1893 | - 1893—1893: HISTORY: .American, W.L. Judson invents the zipper.
- 1893—1893: POLITICAL: Benjamin Harrison, President.
- 4 Mar 1893—4 Mar 1897: POLITICAL: Grover Cleveland, President.
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| 16 | 1895 | - 1895—1895: HISTORY: .Lumiere Brothers invent a portable motion-picture camera, film processing unit and projector called the Cinematographe. The Lumiere Brothers using their Cinematographe are the first to present a projected motion picture to an audience of more that one person.
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| 17 | 1896 | - 1896—1896: HISTORY: .American, H. O'Sullivan invents the rubber heel.
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| 18 | 1897 | - 1897—1897: EPEDEMIC: YELLOW FEVER - .PHILADELPHIA, PA
- 1897—1897: POLITICAL: Grover Cleveland, President.
- 1897—1901: POLITICAL: William McKinley, President.William McKinley dies in Buffalo, NY, 1901.
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| 19 | 1898 | - 1898—1898: HISTORY: Edwin Prescott patents the roller coaster..
- 1898—1898: WAR: Spanish-American War.United States vs Spain.
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| 20 | 1899 | - 1899—1899: HISTORY: J.S. Thurman patents the motor-driven vacuum cleaner..
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| 21 | 1900 | - 1900—1900: HISTORY: .Zeppelin invented by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin.
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| 22 | 1901 | - 1901—1901: HISTORY: .King Camp Gillette invents the double-edged safety razor.
- 1901—1901: NATIVE AMERICAN: COMANCHE RESERVATION IS BROKEN UP DUE TO GOVERNMENT PRESSURE TO OPEN THE LAND FOR SETTLEMENT..
- 1901—1901: NATIVE AMERICAN: The Comanche reservation is broken up due to Government pressure to open the land for settlement..
- 1901—1901: ROYAL: .Victoria. Ruler of England. House of Hanover - Daughter of Edward, 4th son of George III; married (1840) Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, who became Prince Consort.
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| 23 | 1902 | - 1902—1902: HISTORY: .Willis Carrier invents the air conditioner.
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| 24 | 1903 | - 1903—1903: HISTORY: .Edward Binney and Harold Smith co-invent crayons.
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| 25 | 1904 | - 1904—1904: HISTORY: .Teabags invented by Thomas Suillivan.
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| 26 | 1905 | - 1905—1905: HISTORY: Albert Einstein.Published the Theory of Relativity and made famous the equation, E = mc2.
- 1905—1905: POLITICAL: Quanah Parker, Last Chief of the Comanche.Rides in President Roosevelt's inaugural parade in Washington, DC.
- 1905—1905: POLITICAL: President Theodore Roosevelt Visits Chief Quanah at Star House.Quanah and the President go on a wolf hunt in April.
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| 27 | 1906 | - 1906—1906: HISTORY: .William Kellogg invents Cornflakes.
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| 28 | 1907 | - 1907—1907: HISTORY: .Color photography invented by Auguste and Louis Lumiere.
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| 29 | 1908 | - 1908—1908: HISTORY: .Gyrocompass invented by Elmer A. Sperry.
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| 30 | 1909 | - 1909—1909: HISTORY: .Instant coffee invented by G. Washington.
- 1909—1909: POLITICAL: Theodore Roosevelt, President.Theodore Roosevelt, Vice President under William McKinley, sworn in as President upon death of McKinley.
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| 31 | 1910 | - 1910—1910: HISTORY: Thomas Edison .Demonstrated the first talking motion picture.
- 1910—1910: NATIVE AMERICAN: Quanah buries his mother Cynthia Ann Parker.December 4 at Post Oak Cemetery.
- 1910—1910: ROYAL: .Edward VII. Ruler of England. House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha - Eldest son of Victoria, married Alexandra, Princess of Denmark.
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| 32 | 1911 | - 1911—1911: HISTORY: .Charles Franklin Kettering invents the first automobile electrical ignition system.
- 1911—1911: NATIVE AMERICAN: Quanah Parker, Last Chief recognized by the U.S Government dies. .Over 2000 attend his funeral and many people mourn nationwide.
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| 33 | 1912 | - 1912—1912: HISTORY: .Motorized movie cameras invented, and replaced hand-cranked cameras.
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| 34 | 1913 | - 1913—1913: HISTORY: .Crossword puzzle invented by Arthur Wynne.
- 1913—1913: POLITICAL: William Taft President.
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| 35 | 1914 | - 1914—1914: HISTORY: .Garrett A. Morgan invents the Morgan gas mask.
- 1914—1918: WAR: World War I.Triple Alliance - Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary vs. Triple Entente - Britain, France, and Russia. The United States joined on the side of the Triple Entente in 1917.
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| 36 | 1915 | - 1915—1915: HISTORY: .Eugene Sullivan and William Taylor co-invented Pyrex in New York City.
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| 37 | 1916 | - 1916—1916: HISTORY: .Radio tuners invented that received different stations.
- 1916—1916: NATIVE AMERICAN: COMANCHE WARRIORS VOLUNTEER FOR SERVICE IN EUROPE, CODE TALKERS ARE UTILIZED BY UNITED STATES FORCES..
- 1916—1916: NATIVE AMERICAN: Comanche Warriors volunteer for service in WWI. Comanche Code talkers are utilized by United States Forces..
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| 38 | 1917 | - 17 Jul 1917—1917: ROYAL: House of Windsor name adopted. .
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| 39 | 1918 | - 1918—1918: HISTORY: .Charles Jung invented fortune cookies.
- 1918—1919: EPEDEMIC: Influenza pandemic.The influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 killed more people than the Great War, known today as World War I (WWI), at somewhere between 20 and 40 million people. It has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in recorded world history. More people died of influenza in a single year than in four-years of the Black Death Bubonic Plague from 1347 to 1351. Known as Spanish Flu or La Grippe the influenza of 1918-1919 was a global disaster.
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| 40 | 1919 | - 1919—1919: HISTORY: .Pop-up toaster invented by Charles Strite.
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| 41 | 1920 | - 1920—1920: HISTORY: Tommy Gun patented by John T Thompson..
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| 42 | 1921 | - 1921—1921: HISTORY: Artificial life begins .The first robot built.
- 1921—1921: POLITICAL: Woodrow Wilson, President.
- 4 Mar 1921—31 Jul 1921: POLITICAL: Warren Harding, President.Warren Harding dies of an embolism in San Francisco. He had taken ill on 31 Jul 1921.
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| 43 | 1922 | - 1922—1922: HISTORY: .Insulin invented by Sir Frederick Grant Banting.
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| 44 | 1923 | - 1923—1923: HISTORY: .Garrett A. Morgan invents a traffic signal.
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| 45 | 1924 | - 1924—1924: HISTORY: .Dynamic loudspeaker invented by Rice and Kellogg.
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| 46 | 1925 | - 1925—1925: HISTORY: .Mechanical television a precursor to the modern television, invented by John Logie Baird.
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| 47 | 1926 | - 1926—1926: HISTORY: .Robert H. Goddard invents liquid-fueled rockets.
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1878 - 1926 (48 years)