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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
 Francis Spotts
 b.1874
 d.1960
 Floyd E. Spotts
 b.1899
 d.         
 John S. Spotts
 b.1901 , 
 d.         
 Peter Heckert
 b.1825
 d.1903
 Charles Francis Spotts
 b.1906
 d.1997 , 
 Charles Heckert
 b.1852 Lower Mahanoy Townshi
 d.1929
 Elizabeth Shaffer
 b.1829 Lower Mahanoy Townshi
 d.1899
 Alda C. Heckert
 b.1878 Upper Paxton Township, 
 d.1952
 Mary J. Feeser
 b.1851 , 
 d.1937