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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
 Charles T. Mattis
 b.1844
 d.1917 Washington Township, 
 Isaac Blair Mattis
 b.1886
 d.1961
 Mary Jane Sheets
 b.1860
 d.1924
 Bright Byrley Mattis
 b.1919
 d.1994 Washington Township, 
 Clara O. Byerly
 b.1890
 d.1974 Washington Township, 
 Theodore Klinger
 b.1876 Lykens Tow, near Erdman
 d.1956 at the home of his son Ma
 Mark Franklin Klinger
 b.1902
 d.1981
 Mary McClata Williard
 b.1877 Lykens Township, 
 d.1942 Harrisburg Hospital, 
 Eileen Gwenerve Klinger
 b.1931 , 
 d.2004
 John Henry Troutman
 b.1877 Lykens Township, 
 d.1929
 Eva Alvesta Troutman
 b.1905 , 
 d.1995 , 
 Cora May Rothermol
 b.1876
 d.1968