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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
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
 Philip Harszy
 b.1815 Koenigshofen, 
 d.1898 St Clair, IL
 Adam Harszy
 b.1862, IL
 d.1908 Belleville, St Clair Co. IL
 Margaretha Best
 b.1820 Wiesbaden, Germany
 d.1904 Belleville, St Clair, IL
 Edgar A Harszy
 b.1886 Illinois
 d.1910 Belleville, St Clair Co. IL
 Sarah E 
 b.1855 Illinois
 d.1922 Belleville, St Clair Co. IL
 Amilia 
 b.1890
 d.