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Century fires floods and drivers of American history
AP reporters with historians picked each state top three century defining events. Notable items include nylon invention in Delaware 1937, Ford's assembly line in Michigan, Wright brothers first flight in North Carolina, 1960 sit in in North Carolina, Brown v Board in Kansas, 1968 King assassination in Tennessee, Utah Mormon growth, Wisconsin open heart surgery 1952, and Nevada gambling 1931. Pollution of lists varied by state with many defining moments across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
Henry Ford
Michigan
Orville
Wilbur Wright
North Carolina
Associated Press
Nevada
Walt Disney World
Orlando
Fla
Wisconsin
Alabama
Kansas
Supreme Court
Brown Vs. Board of Education of
Topeka
Woolworth’s
Martin Luther King Jr
Georgia
Tennessee
Utah
Arkansas
Bull Clinton
Washington
Marl
Barry
Indiana
Ryan White
Iowa
Minnesota
University of Minnesota
Ford
America
Wright Brothers
DuPont Co
California
Hewlett-Packard
Washington, DC
News
Rosa Parks
Montgomery
George Wallace
Martin Luther King
Wernher von Braun
Huntsville
Bear Bryant
Alaska
North America
Prudhoe Bay
Congress