c. 11th century★★★★★
Cahokia at its peak
Cahokia, near present-day St. Louis, is the largest urban center of the Mississippian culture in North America, dominated by Monks Mound.
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Timeline
4 events11th century
20th century
- October 6, 1927★★★★★
The Jazz Singer premieres
The Jazz Singer, the first feature-length film with synchronised dialogue, premieres in New York, launching the era of talking pictures.
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21st century
- January 15, 2001★★★★★
Wikipedia is launched
Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger launch Wikipedia, a free online encyclopedia written collaboratively by volunteers.
TechnologyCulture· United States - February 4, 2004★★★★★
Facebook is launched
Mark Zuckerberg and fellow students launch the social network Facebook at Harvard; it later reaches billions of users.
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