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| 1 | 1865 | - 1865: USA Civil War ends.
- 1865: Abraham Lincoln shot by John Wilkes Booth on 14 Apr 1865 and dies the next day.
- 1865: Andrew Johnson president of the USA 1865-1869. Andrew Johnson, vice president under Abraham Lincoln, sworn in as president upon Lincoln's death.
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| 2 | 1866 | - 1866: Englishmen Robert Whitehead invents a torpedo.
- 1866: J. Osterhoudt patents the tin can with a key opener.
- 1866: Alfred Nobel invents dynamite.
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| 3 | 1867 | - 1867: Christopher Scholes invents the first practical and modern typewriter.
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| 4 | 1868 | - 1868: J P Knight invents traffic lights.
- 1868: George Westinghouse invents air brakes.
- 1868: Robert Mushet invents tungsten steel.
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1864 - 1868 (4 years)