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Centenarian John Camilleri was born in 1919, in that year, Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States, died at the age of 60.
President Wilson had a massive stroke, First Lady Edith Wilson took over in a silent coup.
The 18th Amendment, establishing Prohibition.
The 19th Amendment is approved, which would guarantee suffrage to women. The Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending World War I.
The 1919 World Series matched the Chicago White Socks with the Cincinnati Reds known as the Black Sox Scandal.
It's amazing how different the world was when he was born as compared to when he died. Some historical events that happened during John's lifetime.
1920 - Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S.Constitution is ratified, giving women the right to vote.
1927 - Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight in his "The Spirit of St. Louis".
1929 - The Great Depression.
1933 - The 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified
prohibition.
1939 - Start of World War II
1941 - Attack of Pearl Harbor
1945 - End of World War II
1950 - Korean War begins when North Korea forces invade South Korea.
1955 - Start of the Vietnam War.
1961 - Alan Shepard is the first U.S. astronaut to reach space.
1963 - Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech during the civil rights march in Washington, DC.
1963 - Assassination of President Kennedy.
1969 - Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, Jr. become the first men to land on the moon.
1974 - Nixon Resignation
1975 - End of Vietnam War
1983 - The first American woman in space, Sally Ride on the Challenger
1989 - Fall of the Berlin Wall
1992 - After 30 years Johnny Carson retired as host of NBC's The Tonight Show.
1996 - One of the worst blizzards in American history hits the eastern states dropping 20 inches of snow, has gust winds of 50 mph and snow drifts up to 8 feet.
1998 - John Glenn returns to space. The Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off with 77 year old John Glenn on board, making him the oldest person into space.
1999- Microsoft releases Window 98,(second edition)
2000 - The New York Yankees defeated the New York Mets in game 5 to win their 26th World Series title.
2001 - 9/11
2003 - Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated as it reentered the atmosphere
2009 - Obama becomes the 44th president, Biden becomes the 47th vice president.
2017 - Donald Trump becomes the 45th president.
2020 - The United States was heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which by the end of the year killed over 300,000 people within American borders.
2022 - Russian invasion of Ukraine.