Texas Tortilla FactoryHistorical Genealogy Timeline
October 4, 2007 by mike
Welcome to the our Historical Genealogy Timeline page. The idea for this page came to me as I was searching for the beginning of Toliet Paper.
The date was roughly around the same time as our earliest records.
Then I saw. Geez this is during the medieval ot Middle ages of our world. Heck the Black Death was just around the corner.
Wonder why our ancestors left Europe when they did? Charles Vincent immigrated from France in 1873-1874 port of entry : New York, NY, and
France had surrendered Alsace-Lorraine to German at the end of the Franco Prusian War in 1871.
I then thought, I wonder what life, was like when our realtives were born, married and died.
Well I found a couple of sources for timelines of History (see references at the bottom of the page) , and set up a Event Report from with in the MacFamily Application,
which I use to maintain our Genealogy Database. Combined the two and whoa-la this page evolved.
Enjoy, Mike
The Historical /Genealogy Timeline TEXT
Jan 6, 2008 by mike
NOTE: The Text Timeline will SHRINK as the Graphical Timeline GROWS .
Timelines
1860 - 1879 of the 19th Century
1862 - 1879
1870 - 1879
1870
Franco-Prussian War (to 1871): Napoleon III capitulates at Sedan.
Revolt in Paris; Third Republic proclaimed.
Birth of Watson, Thomas Mitchell on ca. 1870
Marriage of Poe, William and Elliott, Roann W on 1870/1873
Birth of Meeks, John Franklin on ca. 1870
Birth of Andrews, Nancy (Nana or Nannie) on 1870 in 'Arkansas'
Birth of Boucher, John Thomas "Tom" on 1870 in 'Texas'
Birth of Ragland, Charles Burton on 1870
Birth of Whitworth, David T "Davie" on 26 Feb 1870 in 'Texas'
Birth of Phillips, Julia Ann on Mar 1870 in 'Prairieville, Kaufman Co., TX.'
Death of Elliott, Wiliam Dudley on 7 Sep 1870 in 'Kenp, Kaufman Co. Texas'
Birth of Sublett, Cora Adelia on 29 Oct 1870 in 'Tarrant Co., Texas'
Birth of Ragland, Lola on 17 Nov 1870 in 'Tennessee'
Birth of Ragland, Lula on 17 Nov 1870 in 'Tennessee'
Birth of Elliott, Isaac L "Ike" on 19 Nov 1870 in 'Brown Co., Texas'
1871
France surrenders Alsace-Lorraine to Germany; war ends.
German Empire proclaimed with Prussian King as Kaiser Wilhelm I.
Fighting with Apaches begins in American West.
Boss Tweed corruption exposed in New York.
The Chicago Fire, with 250 deaths and $196-million damage.
Stanley meets Livingstone in Africa.
Death of Friday, Lucindy on 1871
Death of Elliott, Sarah J on 23 Feb 1871 in 'Tarrant Co., TX.'
Marriage of McCarthy, William and Polen, Penina on 27 Jul 1871 in 'Uvalde Co., Texas'
Birth of Hurt, Bertha M on 18 Oct 1871 in 'Hunt Co., Texas'
1872
Congress gives amnesty to most Confederates.
Jules Verne's Around the World in 80 Days.
Death of Cline, David A on 1872 in 'Gilmer County, Georgia'
Marriage of McCoy Sr. , Thomas and Elliott, Emily Caroline on ca. 1872 in 'Tarrant Co., Texas'
Birth of Meeks, William Thomas "Tom" on ca. 1872
Birth of Phillips, Margaret Eliza on Mar 1872 in 'Prairieville, Kaufman Co., TX.'
Birth of Friday, John W on Apr 1872 in 'Uvalde Co., Texas'
Death of Elliott, John Hinton "Jack" on 1 Apr 1872 in 'Old Homestead near Johnson Station, Tarrant Co.,Texas'
Birth of Elliott, Mary Elizabeth on 6 Sep 1872 in 'Brown Co., TX.'
Birth of Ragland, Joseph Hardin on 16 Nov 1872 in 'Hunt Co., Texas'
1873
Economic crisis in Europe.
U.S. establishes gold standard.
Birth of Roy, Mary Sue on bef 1873
Birth of Roy, Robert E L on bef 1873
Marriage of Elliott, Jason Pierpont and Jopling, Francis "Frannie" on ca. 1873 in 'Tarrant Co., Texas'
Death of Elliott, Sarah Jane on 1873
Birth of Andrews, Viola (Ola) on 1873
Death of Ferguson, Samantha L on 1873
Birth of Watson, Albert Harvey on 1873 in 'Tarrant Co., Texas'
Birth of Andrews, Viola "Ola" on 1873 in 'Arkansas'
Birth of Friday, Louis Stephen on 3 jan 1873 in 'Stephenville, Erath Co., Texas'
Birth of Elliott, James Washington on 5 Jan 1873 in 'Texas'
Birth of Choat, Robert C on 4 Mar 1873 in 'Tarrant Co., Texas'
Birth of Watson, Mary E on 8 Jul 1873 in 'Alabama'
Death of Watson, Mary E on 27 Jul 1873 in 'Tarrant Co., Texas'
Birth of McCarty, Susan Katherine "Kittie" on 25 Sep 1873
Birth of Elliott, Mattie A on 15 Dec 1873 in 'Brown Co., Texas'
Birth of Roy, John C on 17 Dec 1873 in 'Texas'
Birth of Elliott, Elizabeth on ca. 1874
Birth of Phillips, Georgia Louisa on ca. 1874
Birth of Ragland, Fannie May on 1874
Death of Ragland, Fannie May on 1874
Birth of Meeks, Henry Edgar on 1874 in 'Texas'
Birth of Boucher, Lucy on 1874 in 'Texas'
Birth of Unk wife of D T Whitworth, Anne J "Annie" on 10 Feb 1874 in 'Texas'
Birth of Ragland, Gaston W on 15 Apr 1874 in 'Hunt Co., Texas'
Birth of Hurt, Joel (3) Albert on 18 Jul 1874 in 'Hunt Co., Texas'
Marriage of Dalton, John Westley and Grimsley, Elizabeth Abagail "Eliza" on 17 Sep 1874 in 'Tarrant Co., Texas'
1875
First Kentucky Derby.
Marriage of Elliott Sr. , Robert Alexander and Jones, Mary M on 1875 in 'Tarrant Co., TX'
Birth of Elliott, Casstera "Tera" on ca. 1875'
Birth of Ragland, Clarence Francis on 1875
Death of McCarthy, William on 1875 in 'Texas'
Marriage of Elliott, John M and Russell, Sarah Jane "Sally" on 21 Jan 1875 in 'Tarrant Co., Texas'
Death of Dalton, Susie "Sue" on 7 Mar 1875 in 'Arlington, Tarrant Co., Texas'
Birth of Choat, Mattie Isabelle on 13 Mar 1875 in 'Tarrant Co., Texas'
Birth of Friday, Robert Frank on Jul 1875 in 'Uvalde Co., Texas'
Death of Roy, John C on 23 Sep 1875 in 'Texas'
Birth of Ragland, Mary E. (Etter?) on 15 Oct 1875 in 'Hunt Co., Texas'
Marriage of Wallace, Finis R "Fine" and Elliott, Martha Ellen on 28 Oct 1875 in 'Tarrant Co., Texas'
1876
Sioux kill Gen. George A. Custer and 264 troopers at Little Big Horn River.
Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone.
Birth of Meeks, James on ca. 1876
Birth of Andrews, Lucy on 1876 in 'Arkansas'
Death of Choat, Isom on 31 Jan 1876 in 'Missouri ?'
Birth of Elliott, Bonaparte T "Bonie" on 23 Mar 1876 in 'Brown Co., TX.'
Marriage of Hawkins, Charles Harvey and Meek, Jane on 3 May 1876 in 'Tarrant Co. Texas'
Birth of Phillips, Mary Zulema on 7 May 1876 in 'Prairieville, Kaufman Co., Texas'
Birth of Cline, Luther Colquit on 31 Jul 1876 in 'Canton, Georgia'
Birth of Forrest, Alverson Bedford on 10 Sep 1876 in 'Hill Co., Texas'
Marriage of Elliott, Albert Gayle and Senters, Jane on 24 Sep 1876 in 'Tarrant Co.,Texas'
Birth of Hurt, William F on 15 Oct 1876 in 'Hunt Co., Texas'
1877
After presidential election of 1876, electoral commission gives disputed electoral college votes to Rutherford B. Hayes despite Tilden's popular majority. Russo-Turkish war (ends in 1878 with power of Turkey in Europe broken).
Reconstruction ends in the American South.
Thomas Edison patents phonograph.
The Nez Perce leader Chief Joseph is forced to surrender.
Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake.
Marriage of Smith, George W. and Watson, Louisa Jane "Jennie" on Bef. 1877 in 'Texas'
Birth of Ragland, Ernest Murray on 1877
Birth of Elliott, Benjamin on 1877 in 'Tarrant Co., Texas'
Birth of Friday, Julius Hugh on 1877 in 'Uvalde Co., Texas'
Death of Ragland, Clarence Francis on 1877
Birth of Choat, Alice Rebecca on 03 Jul 1877 in 'Erath Co., Texas'
Death of Elliott, Mary Louisa on 14 Jul 1877 in 'Johnson Station, Tarrant Co., TX.'
Birth of Elliott, Mary Jane on Sep 1877 in 'Tarrant Co., Texas'
Marriage of Hawkins, Samual Elliot and Johnson, Mary Jane on 10 Oct 1877 in 'Tarrant Co., TX.'
Birth of Ragland, Fannie B on 16 Nov 1877 in 'Hunt Co., Texas'
1878
Congress of Berlin revises Treaty of San Stefano, ending Russo-Turkish War; makes extensive redivision of southeast Europe.
First commercial telephone exchange opened in New Haven, Conn.
Birth of Roy, Charles William on bef 1878 in 'Texas'
Death of Cartwright, Mary on 1878
Marriage of Vauthier, Charles Vincent and England, Amanda Virginia ("Nancy J.") on 1878 in 'Arkansas or Missouri'
Death of Clark, Agnes A on 1878 in 'Lebanon, Wilson Co., Tennessee'
Death of Burton, Ann on 1878
Birth of Elliott, Katherine S "Katie" on ca. 1878
Birth of Elliott, Robert Berton "Bert" on ca. 1878
Death of Burton, Ann on 1878
Birth of Elliott, Rennie B on 28 Mar 1878 in 'Shackelford Co., TX.'
Birth of McMath, Archelous G "Arch" on 29 Mar 1878 in 'Chatanooga, TN.'
Birth of Morris, Lola Prudence on 18 Jun 1878 in 'Williamson Co., TX.'
Birth of Roy, Polk Grove on Aug 1878 in 'Texas'
Death of Elliott, Roann W on 19 Oct 1878 in 'Tarrant Co., Texas'
Death of Hurt, William F on 25 Oct 1878
Birth of Hurt, Mary Susan on 5 Nov 1878 in 'Hunt Co., Texas'
1879
Thomas A. Edison invents practical electric light.
Death of Elliott, Benjamin on ca. 1879 in 'Wise Co., Texas'
Death of Ragland, Harriet on 1879 in 'Wilson Co., Tennessee'
Birth of Cline, Alice L on 1879 in 'Clayton, Cherokee Co., Georgia'
Birth of Elliott, Herman David on ca. 1879
Marriage of Elliott, Robert Mitchel and Smith, Martha Caroline on 17 May 1879 in 'Belle Plains, Callahan Co., TX'
Birth of Choat, George Tillman (3) on 23 Jun 1879 in 'Erath Co., Texas'
Death of Hurt, Bertha M on 17 Jul 1879
Birth of Forrest, Francis Marion on Sep 1879 in 'Hill Co., Texas'
Birth of Baggett, Sallie on 30 Sep 1879 in 'Wood Station, GA.'
Birth of Elliott, Nora Ella on 4 Nov 1879 in 'Shackelford Co., TX.'
Marriage of Elliott Sr. , Joseph Alexander and Collins, Eliza Maxwell on 11 Dec 1879 in 'Tarrant Co., Texas'
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1880 - 1899 of the 19th Century
1880 - 1899
1880 - 1889
1880
U.S.-China treaty allows U.S. to restrict immigration of Chinese labor.
Birth of Elliott, Mollie on bef 1880
Death of Whitworth, Thomas C?J? on ca. 1880 in 'Texas'
Birth of Bartlett, Effie D on 1880 in 'Texas?'
Death of Phillips, Mary Zulema on 1880
Death of Phillips, Margaret Eliza on 1880 in 'Texas'
Death of Phillips, Julia Ann on 1880 in 'Kaufman Co., Texas'
Death of Phillips, James Washington on 1880 in 'Kaufman Co., Texas'
Death of Friday II , Godfrey on ca. 1880 in 'Waldo, Columbia'
Birth of Ragland, Mary Butler on 1880
Birth of Elliott, Mattie Lu on May 1880 in 'Crossplains, Callahan Co., TX'
Birth of Grinstead, Byron on May 1880 in 'Virginia'
Birth of Elliott, William Edward on 17 May 1880 in 'Arlington, Tarrant Co., Texas'
Birth of Hair, Hallie E on 18 Dec 1880 in 'Texas'
1881
President Garfield fatally shot by assassin; Vice President Arthur succeeds him.
Charles J. Guiteau convicted and executed (1882).
Death of Friday, Hinton on AFT 1881 in 'South Carolina'
Birth of Dalton, James Edgar on BEF 1881
Death of Edwards, William A on 1881 in 'Wilson Co., Tennessee'
Birth of Dalton, John Henry on BEF 1881
Birth of Dalton, Ector Lee on BEF 1881
Death of Elliott, Richardson "Dick" Mitchell on 1881 in 'Tarrant Co. Texas'
Marriage of Elliott, Charles Edward "Ed" and Sublett, Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" on 3 Feb 1881 in 'Tarrant Co., Texas'
Death of Cornelison, Garrett on 01 Mar 1881 in 'Canton, Cherokee Co., Georgia'
Birth of Choat, Arthur (2) on 11 Apr 1881 in 'Erath Co., Texas'
Birth of Elliott, Minnie Sue on 23 May 1881 in 'Johnson Station, Tarrant Co.,TX.'
Birth of Elliott Sr. , Aaron Burr on 27 Jul 1881 in 'Shackelford Co., TX.'
Birth of Dalton, Oscar Allen on 27 Aug 1881 in 'Tarrant Co., TX.'
Birth of Elliott, Joseph H on 17 Dec 1881 in 'Arlington, Tarrant Co., Texas'
1882
Terrorism in Ireland after land evictions.
Britain invades and conquers Egypt.
Germany, Austria, and Italy form Triple Alliance. In U.S., Congress adopts Chinese Exclusion Act.
Rockefeller's Standard Oil Trust is first industrial monopoly.
In Berlin, Robert Koch announces discovery of tuberculosis germ.
Birth of Elliott, William Albert on ca. 1882
Death of Ragland, Hardin on 1882 in 'Lebanon, Wilson Co., Tennessee'
Birth of Chambers, Minnie on 1882/1886 in 'Johnson Co., TX.'
Birth of Hawkins, Ada M on ca. 1882
Birth of Ragland, Thomas Harvey on 1882
Birth of Elliott, Emma on ca. 1882
Birth of Vauthier, Maria Euphrasie on 15 Feb 1882 in 'Little Rock, Pulaski Co., Arkansas'
Birth of Vauthier, Charles Albert on 00 Jun 1882 in 'Dunkin County, Missouri'
Death of Cagle, Martha on 10 Jun 1882 in 'Canton, Cherokee Co., Georgia'
Birth of Phillips, Adelia on 30 Aug 1882 in 'Prairieville, Kaufman Co., TX.'
Death of Elliott, Mattie Lu on 22 Sep 1882 in 'Crossplains, Callahan Co., TX.'
Death of Elliott, Minnie Sue on 14 Oct 1882 in 'Arlington, Tarrant Co.,TX.'
Birth of Hurt, Chester O on 21 Oct 1882 in 'Hunt Co., Texas'
Death of Dalton, Oscar Allen on 29 Oct 1882 in 'Tarrant Co., Texas'
Birth of Hammond, Hoy on ca. Oct 1882 in 'Pennsylvania'
Birth of Elliott, Arthur M on 16 Nov 1882 in 'Van Zandt Co., Texas'
1883
Congress creates Civil Service Commission.
Brooklyn Bridge and Metropolitan Opera House completed.
Death of Friday, Jeptha Jackson on 1883
Birth of Unk, Billie on 1883
Death of Duncan, Martha Jane on 29 Jan 1883 in 'Hunt Co., Texas'
Birth of Choat, Eva Mae on 14 Feb 1883 in 'Dublin (near), Texas'
Marriage of Stockton, Wilce and Stewart, Emma Aramintha on 22 Feb 1883
Birth of Elliott, Joseph "Joe" Andrew Neal on 12 Mar 1883 in 'Texas'
Birth of Friday, Lonnie on Jul 1883 in 'Uvalde Co., Texas'
Birth of Dalton, Connie Gill on 21 Aug 1883 in 'Tarrant Co., TX.'
Death of Hurt, Robert M on 07 Oct 1883
Birth of Cline, Ethel on Nov 1883 in 'Clayton, Cherokee Co., Georgia'
Death of Elliott, Susan Jane on 4 Dec 1883 in 'Tarrant Co., TX.'
1884
Berlin West Africa Conference held in Berlin (lasting until Feb. 1885), at which the major European nations discuss expansion in Africa.
Birth of Elliott, Cora May on ca. 1884
Marriage of (null) and (null) on ca.1884 in 'Uvalde Co., Texas'
Birth of Hawkins, Susan Emma on ca. 1884
Death of Ragland, Thomas Harvey on 1884
Birth of Elliott, Minnie Ola on ca. 1884
Death of Dalton, Connie Gill on 16 Jan 1884 in 'Tarrant Co., TX'
Birth of Vauthier, Just Arthur on 12 Jun 1884 in 'Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas'
Birth of Elliott, Gerth Sublett on 4 Jul 1884 in 'Tarrant Co., TX. '
Birth of Slaughter, Henry J on Sep 1884 in 'Texas'
Death of Choat, Arthur (2) on 23 Oct 1884 in 'Erath Co., Texas'
1885
British general Charles G. Gordon killed at Khartoum in Egyptian Sudan.
World's first skyscraper built in Chicago.
Birth of Ragland, Martha Hughes on 1885
Death of Ragland, Agnes S on 1885 in 'Wilson Co., Tennessee'
Death of Jones, Amelia A on 1885 in 'Lebanon, Wilson Co., Tennessee'
Birth of Choat, Sammual R on 29 Jan 1885 in 'Erath Co., Texas'
Death of Friday, Anderson T on 14 May 1885 in 'Edgefield, South Carolina'
Birth of Elliott, Lillie Rose on 7 Oct 1885 in 'Texas'
Birth of Elliott, William "Will" Ross on 7 Oct 1885 in 'Moran, Shackelford Co., TX.'
1886
Bombing at Haymarket Square, Chicago, kills seven policemen and injures many others.
Eight alleged anarchists accused, three imprisoned, one commits suicide, four hanged.
(In 1893, Illinois governor Altgeld, critical of trial, pardons three survivors.)
Statue of Liberty dedicated.
Geronimo, Apache Indian chief, surrenders.
Death of Ragland, Harriet H on 1886 in 'Wilson Co., Tennessee'
Death of Poe, William on 1886 in 'Texas'
Birth of Hawkins, Harriett E "Hattie" on ca. 1886
Birth of Elliott, Willie Mae on Jan 1886
Marriage of Boucher, James Monroe and Friday, Sphronia E. on ca.1886 in 'Uvalde Co., Texas'
Birth of Elliott, Donie Callie on ca. 1886
Birth of Elliott, Vester Lou on ca. 1886
Marriage of Ragland, John David and Hurt, Minnie Belle on 12 Jan 1886 in 'Hunt, Texas'
Birth of Cline, Minnie on 15 Feb 1886 in 'Dublin, Erath Co., Texas'
Death of Elliott, Martha Ellen on 17 Apr 1886 in 'Johnson Station, Tarrant Co., TX'
Marriage of Elliott Jr. , Robert "Bob" Alexander and Sublett, Sarah A "Sadie" on 24 Aug 1886 in 'Tarrant Co., TX'
Birth of Boucher, Alta Josephine on 15 Sep 1886 in 'Unk, Bandera County, Texas'
1887
Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's first Sherlock Holmes story, A Study in Scarlet.
Birth of Roy, Laura B on bef 1887
Birth of Wallace, Sally A on bef 1887
Birth of Wallace, Walter V on bef 1887
Birth of Roy, Mattie on bef 1887 in 'Texas'
Birth of Roy, Joe Burney on bef 1887 in 'Texas'
Birth of Wallace, Jason Mahoney on ca. 1887 in 'Texas'
Birth of Dalton, Mary Myrtle on BEF 1887
Birth of Dalton, George Remer on 23 Feb 1887 in 'Tarrant Co., TX'
Birth of Elliott, Mattie Gertrude "Patsy" on 11 Mar 1887 in 'Johnson Station, Tarrant Co.,TX.'
Birth of Elliott, Mattie Gertrude "Patsy" on 11 Mar 1887 in 'Johnson Station, Tarrant Co.,TX'
Birth of Boucher, Lola Ellen on May 1887 in 'Texas'
Birth of Roy, Sul Ross on Jun 1887 in 'Texas'
Birth of Barron, Roscoe Blaine on 26 Jun 1887 in 'Texas'
Birth of Vauthier, Maggie Florance on 30 Jun 1887
Death of Elliott, Gerth Sublett on 14 Oct 1887 in 'Tarrant Co., TX'
Marriage of Parker, James H and Watson, Louisa Jane "Jennie" on Aft 1887 in 'Texas'
1888
Historic March blizzard in northeast U.S. many perish, property damage exceeds $25 million.
George Eastman's box camera (the Kodak).
J. B. Dunlop invents pneumatic tire.
Jack the Ripper murders in London.
Birth of Unk wife C W Dalton, Ola M on 1888
Birth of Hawkins, Harvey Doke on ca. 1888
Birth of Elliott, Edgar "Edd" on ca. 1888
Death of Tucker, Margaret Adaline on 1888 in 'Walton Co., Georgia'
Birth of Elliott, Ruthie Dee on ca. 1888
Death of Friday, George W on ca. 1888
Birth of Elliott, Franklin "Frank" Leonard on 18 Nov 1888 in 'Shackleford Co., TX.'
1889
Second (Socialist) International founded in Paris.
Indian Territory in Oklahoma opened to settlement.
Thousands die in Johnstown, Pa. flood.
Eiffel Tower built for the Paris exposition.
Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.
Death of Butler, Lizzie L on 1889
Death of Maggard, Sarah "Sallie" on 1889
Marriage of Sublett, J. H. and Elliott, Lydia A.C. on 27 Jan 1889 in 'Tarrant Co., Texas'
Birth of Choat, Allen Morgan on 04 Feb 1889 in 'Erath Co., Texas'
Death of Elliott, Amanda Catherine on 22 Mar 1889 in 'Tarrant Co., TX.'
Death of Baker, Sarah Elizabeth "Sallie" on 11 Jul 1889 in 'Old Homestead near Johnson Station, Tarrant Co.,Texas'
Birth of Boucher, James Allen "Al" on Nov 1889 in 'Texas'
Death of Dalton, George Remer on 18 Nov 1889 in 'Tarrant Co., TX.'
Birth of Elliott, Benton Randolph on 17 Dec 1889 in 'Arlington, Tarrant Co., Texas'
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1890 - 1899
1890
Congress votes to pass Sherman Antitrust Act.
Sioux chief Sitting Bull arrested and killed by police on Pine Ridge reservation; two weeks later, U.S. troops kill over 200 Sioux at Battle of Wounded Knee.
Birth of Dalton, Jessie Otis on BEF 1890
Death of Dalton, G W on 1890 in 'Texas'
Birth of Elliott, Eula on ca. 1890
Birth of Ragland, Nancy Newton on 1890
Birth of Hair, Jessie Cornelia on 17 Mar 1890 in 'Shackelford Co., TX.'
Birth of Greeson, William David on 30 Mar 1890 in 'Amity, Clark Co., Arkansas'
Birth of Cline, Everett on Sep 1890 in 'Dublin, Erath Co., Texas'
Death of Choat, Isabelle on 29 Sep 1890
Birth of Dalton, Infant on 18 Nov 1890
Birth of Hawkins, Joseph L "Joe" on 23 Dec 1890 in 'Texas'
Death of Ragland, William (3) on 1891 in 'Upshur Co., Texas'
Birth of Ragland, Bertha Oma on 15 Oct 1891 in 'Hunt Co., Texas'
Birth of Elliott, Bessie Lee on 16 Oct 1891 in 'Shackelford Co., TX.'
Death of Elliott, William Frances "Frank" on 24 Dec 1891 in 'Shackelford Co., TX.'
1892
Battle between steel strikers and Pinkerton guards at Homestead, Pa.; union defeated after militia intervenes.
Silver mine strikers in Idaho fight non-union workers; U.S. troops dispatched.
Diesel engine patented.
Birth of Elliott, Edna on 1892
Death of Friday, Mary J on 1892
Birth of Friday, Nancy Edna on 1892 in 'Texas'
Death of de Ruiter, Geertje on 29 Mar 1892 in 'Blaricum, The Netherlands'
Marriage of Watson, Albert Harvey and Perkins, Ida on 7 Apr 1892 in 'Tarrant Co.,Texas'
Birth of Boucher, Agnes Anna on Jul 1892 in 'Texas'
1893
New Zealand becomes first country in the world to grant women the vote.
Birth of McMath, Mattie Anna Randolph on ca. 1893 in 'Texas'
Birth of Elliott, Eula Mae on 21 Apr 1893 in 'Van Zandt Co., Texas'
Birth of Elliott, Charles Culbertson "Culbert" on 16 Sep 1893 in 'Arlington, Tarrant Co., TX'
Birth of Ragland, Ova May on 13 Nov 1893 in 'Hunt Co., Texas'
Birth of Elliott, Pearl on 7 Dec 1893 in 'Cross Plains, Callahan Co., TX.'
1894
Sino-Japanese War begins (ends in 1895 with China's defeat).
In France, Capt. Alfred Dreyfus convicted on false treason charge (pardoned in 1906).
In U.S., Jacob S. Coxey of Ohio leads Coxey's Army of unemployed on Washington.
Eugene V. Debs calls general strike of rail workers to support Pullman Company strikers; strike broken, Debs jailed for six months.
Edison's kinetoscope given first public showing in New York City.
Birth of Elliott, Dee M on 1894
Birth of Elliott, Vera Eula on BEF 1894
Birth of Elliott, Charles Edward on BEF 1894
Birth of Friday, Robert on 1894 in 'Texas'
Birth of Elliott, Uretta on BEF 1894
Marriage of Elliott, John Hinton and Sublett, Cora Adelia on 29 Jan 1894 in 'Tarrant Co., Texas'
Birth of Elliott, John King on Feb 1894
Marriage of Stoutenburg, Willem and Stalenhoef, Geertje on 5 Jun 1894 in 'Eemnes, The Netherlands'
Birth of Stockton, William Berton on 12 Jul 1894 in 'Desdemona, Texas'
Birth of Boucher, Thomas "Tom" Lewis on 22 Jul 1894 in 'Texas'
1895
X-rays discovered by German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen. Auguste and Louis Lumiere premiere motion pictures at a cafe in Paris.
Birth of Elliott, Willie Howard on ca. 1895
Birth of Dalton, Gertrude Ray "Gertie" on BEF 1895
Birth of Dalton, Carl William on 9 Jan 1895 in 'Tarrant Co., TX.'
Birth of Elliott, Loyd A on ca 1895
1896
Supreme Court's Plessy v. Ferguson decision separate but equal doctrine.
Alfred Nobel's will establishes prizes for peace, science, and literature.
Marconi receives first wireless patent in Britain.
William Jennings Bryan delivers Cross of Gold speech at Democratic Convention in Chicago.
First modern Olympic games held in Athens, Greece.
Birth of Ragland, Grace on 1896
Birth of Boucher, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jane on Jan 1896 in 'Texas'
Birth of Elliott, Ruby Etta on ca. 1896
Death of Ragland, John Beverly on 1896
Birth of Stoutenburg, Maria Martha Everarda on 23 Jan 1896 in 'Eemnes, Utrecht Prov., The Netherlands'
Birth of Ragland, Clarence Earl on 12 Feb 1896 in 'Hunt Co., Texas'
Birth of Elliott, Claude on 21 Sep 1896 in 'Cross Plains, Callahan Co., TX.'
1897
Theodor Herzl launches Zionist movement.
Birth of Elliott, Lillian Ivy on ca. 1897
Birth of Dalton, Infant on 20 Mar 1897 in 'Tarrant Co., Texas'
Birth of Ragland, Ira Octavius on 02 Apr 1897 in 'Hunt Co., Texas'
Death of Hurt, Chester O on 09 Oct 1897
Death of Elliott, Infant on 7 Nov 1897 in 'Tarrant Co., TX.'
Birth of Elliott, Infant on 7 Nov 1897 in 'Tarrant Co., TX.'
Death of Sublett, Sarah A "Sadie" on 7 Nov 1897 in 'Tarrant Co., TX. '
1898
Chinese Boxers, anti-foreign organization, established. They stage uprisings against Europeans in 1900; U.S. and other Western troops relieve Peking legations.
U.S. Battleship Maine is sunk in Havana Harbor.
Spanish-American War begins. U.S. destroys Spanish fleet near Santiago, Cuba.
Pierre and Marie Curie discover radium and polonium.
Birth of Sublett, Ida Lee on 1898 in 'Texas'
Birth of Unk wife SR Roy, Sallie on ca. 1898 in 'Kentucky'
Birth of Sublett, Loyd D on BEF 1898
Death of Ragland, Joseph Addison on 11 Jan 1898 in 'Commerce, Hunt Co., Texas'
Death of Boucher, Gabriel (2) on 23 May 1898
1899
Boer War (or South African War): conflict between British and Boers (descendants of Dutch settlers of South Africa).
Causes rooted in longstanding territorial disputes and in friction over political rights for English and other uitlanders following 1886 discovery of vast gold deposits in Transvaal. (British victorious as war ends in 1902.) Casualties: 5,774 British dead, about 4,000 Boers.
Union of South Africa established in 1908 as confederation of colonies; becomes British dominion in 1910.
Birth of Ragland, Lester on 13 Aug 1899 in 'Hunt Co., Texas'
Birth of Crocker, Royal on 30 Aug 1899 in 'Dublin, Erath Co., Texas'
Birth of Boucher, Jessie on Sep 1899 in 'Texas'
Marriage of Elliott Jr. , Robert "Bob" Alexander and Morris, Lola Prudence on 20 Dec 1899 in 'Texas'
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1900 - 1909 of the 20th Century
1900 - 1909
1900 - 1909
1900
Hurricane ravages Galveston, Tex.; 6,000?|8,000 dead.
Fauvist movement in painting begins, led by Henri Matisse.
Sigmund Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams.
Carrie Chapman Catt succeeds Susan B. Anthony as president of National Woman Suffrage Association.
Death of McCoy Sr. , Thomas on bef 1900
Death of Elliott, Emily Caroline on bef 1900 in 'Texas'
Death of Hawkins, Samual Elliot on Bef. 1900 in 'Texas'
Death of Elliott, Margaret Susan on ca. 1900
Birth of Elliott, Lida Lee "Trixie" on 27 Mar 1900 in 'Arlington, Tarrant Co.,TX.'
Marriage of Friday, Louis Stephen and McCarty, Susan Katherine "Kittie" on 19 Apr 1900 in 'Uvalde Co. Texas '
Marriage of Forrest, Alverson Bedford and Vauthier, Maria Euphrasie on 8 Jul 1900 in 'Hill Co., Texas'
Marriage of Forrest, Francis Marion and Watkins, Rebecca R. on 8 Jul 1900 in 'Hill Co., Texas'
Birth of Stokes, Ian Tessie on 2 Sep 1900
Death of Makker, Marritje on 26 Oct 1900 in 'Eemnes, The Netherlands'
Death of Hill, Elizabeth on After 1900 in 'Erath Co., Texas'
1901
Queen Victoria dies, and is succeeded by her son, Edward VII.
As President McKinley begins second term, he is shot fatally by anarchist Leon Czolgosz.
Theodore Roosevelt sworn in as successor.
Death of Friday, Rebecca Ann on ca. 1901
Birth of Friday, Lenora Lois on 16 Jan 1901 in 'Uvalde Co., Texas'
Death of Phillips, George Wahington on 14 Feb 1901 in 'Texas'
Birth of Parrish, Roxie A on 8 Mar 1901 in 'Texas'
Death of Elliott, Arthur M on 26 Apr 1901 in 'Wills Point, Van Zandt Co., TX.'
Birth of Ragland, Mabel Rose on 08 Jul 1901 in 'Commerce, Hunt Co., Texas'
Birth of Boucher, William Oscar "Bee" on 26 Jul 1901 in 'Stephenville, Texas'
1902
Enrico Caruso's first gramophone recording.
Aswan Dam completed.
Birth of Elliott, Rice Woods Collins "Jack" on 28 Mar 1902 in 'Arlington, Tarrant Co.,TX'
Birth of Cline, Lena Rivers on 31 May 1902 in 'Harbin, Erath Co., Texas'
Birth of Forrest, Inez on 01 Jun 1902 in 'Stephenville, Erath Co., Texas'
Death of Boucher, George William on 20 Aug 1902
Birth of Friday, Ira Haven on 2 Sep 1902 in 'Near Montell, Uvalde Co. Texas'
Birth of McMurray, Sam Houston on 13 Sep 1902 in 'Arlington, Tarrant Co.,TX'
Birth of Ragland, George Wallace on 16 Dec 1902 in 'Commerce (Hurt Stop), Texas'
1903
Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, fly first powered, controlled, heavier-than-air plane at Kitty Hawk, N.C.
Henry Ford organizes Ford Motor Company.
The Boston Red Sox win the first World Series against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
W.E.B. Du Bois publishes The Souls of Black Folk.
Marriage of Vauthier, Charles Albert and Unk, Billie on 1903
Birth of Elliott, Bertram Alexander on BEF 1903
Birth of Boucher, Clyde Kitty on 1903 in 'Texas'
Birth of Smith, Charles Everede on 3 Jan 1903 in 'Bowie, Montaque Co., Texas'
Marriage of McMath, Archelous G "Arch" and Elliott, Nora Ella on 4 Jan 1903 in 'Denton Co., TX.'
Birth of Elliott, Ray A on 26 Feb 1903 in 'Moran, Shackleford Co., TX.'
Birth of Vauthier, Charlie Dean on 29 Apr 1903 in 'Hilsboro, Hill County, Texas'
Marriage of Beukeboom, Anthonius and de Gooijer, Maria (Marritje) on 2 Jul 1903 in 'Blaricum'
Death of Choat, George Tillman (3) on 11 Nov 1903
1904
Russo-Japanese War begins competition for Korea and Manchuria.
Entente Cordiale: Britain and France settle their international differences.
General theory of radioactivity by Rutherford and Soddy.
New York City subway opens.
Birth of Sublett, John Inge on 1904 in 'Denton, Denton Co., Texas'
Birth of Forrest, Bedford on 30 Jan 1904 in 'Hillsboro, Hill Co., Texas'
Birth of Cline, Luther Clayton on 12 Feb 1904 in 'Harbin, Erath Co., Texas'
Birth of Friday, Mabel Katherine on 20 Jun 1904 in 'Uvalde Co., Texas'
Birth of Beukeboom, Hendrika Geertruida Alida on 30 Jun 1904 in 'Muiden, The Netherlands'
Birth of Roberts, Adrian Leon on 18 Sep 1904 in 'Texas'
Death of Roy, John C on 12 Nov 1904 in 'Tarrant Co., TX'
1905
In Russo-Japanese War, Port Arthur surrenders to Japanese; Russia suffers other defeats.
President Roosevelt mediates Treaty of Portsmouth, N.H., which recognizes Japan's control of Korea and restores southern Manchuria to China.
The Russian Revolution of 1905 begins on Bloody Sunday when troops fire onto a defenseless group of demonstrators in St. Petersburg. Strikes and riots follow.
Sailors on battleship Potemkin mutiny; reforms, including first Duma (parliament), established by Czar Nicholas II's October Manifesto.
Albert Einstein's special theory of relativity and other key theories in physics.
Franz Lehar's Merry Widow.
Marriage of Vauthier, Just Arthur and Boucher, Alta Josephine on 1905 in 'Stephenville, Erath Co., Texas'
Birth of Whitworth, Ruth on ca. 1905 in 'Texas'
Birth of McMath, John E on ca. 1905 in 'Texas'
Death of Elliott, Madison Leroy on 4 Apr 1905 in 'Tahoka, Lynn Co., TX.'
Birth of Beukeboom, Geertruida Wilhelmina on 05 Aug 1905 in 'Muiden, The Netherlands'
Death of Elliott Sr. , Robert Alexander on 17 Aug 1905 in 'Albany, Shackelford Co., TX.'
Birth of Cline, Faustina Kate on 16 Oct 1905 in 'Erath County, Texas'
1906
San Francisco earthquake and three-day fire; more than 500 dead.
Roald Amundsen, Norwegian explorer, fixes magnetic North Pole.
Birth of Boucher, Roy on 1906 in 'Texas'
Birth of Forrest, James Clifford on ca. 1906 in 'Texas'
Birth of Gage, Mary Iantha on 7 Apr 1906 in 'Guthrie, King Co., Texas'
Death of Cornelison, Burrell W on 20 Apr 1906
Birth of Friday, Buna Sophronia on 8 Aug 1906
Birth of Beukeboom, Johanna on 28 Aug 1906 in 'Muiden, The Netherlands'
1907
Second Hague Peace Conference, of 46 nations, adopts 10 conventions on rules of war.
Financial panic of 1907 in U.S.
Mahler begins work on Song of the Earth.
Oklahoma becomes 46th state.
Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon introduces cubism.
Birth of Vauthier, Melvin on 1907
Marriage of Elliott, Bonaparte T "Bonie" and Bartlett, Effie D on 1907 in 'Texas'
Birth of McMath, Gladys Lavelle on ca. 1907 in 'Texas'
Death of Stalenhoef, Jan Frans on 08 Dec 1907 in 'Eemnes, The Netherlands'
1908
Earthquake kills 150,000 in southern Italy and Sicily.
U.S. Supreme Court, in Danbury Hatters' case, outlaws secondary union boycotts.
Model T produced by Ford Motor Company.
Birth of Elliott, Winnie Maurine on ca. 1908
Birth of Elliott, Robert Byron on BEF 1908
Birth of Cline, Nina Marie on 9 Jan 1908 in 'Harbin, Erath Co., Texas'
Marriage of Barron, Roscoe Blaine and Vauthier, Maggie Florance on 11 Jan 1908
Birth of Friday, Louis McCarthy on 21 Feb 1908
Birth of Elliott, infant on 2 Mar 1908 in 'Tarrant Co.,TX'
Death of Elliott, infant on 2 Mar 1908 in 'Tarrant Co.,TX'
Death of Sublett, Cora Adelia on 2 Mar 1908 in 'Tarrant Co., Texas'
Birth of Vauthier, Millard Monroe on 7 Sep 1908 in 'Erath County, Texas'
Birth of Beukeboom, Johannes Antonius on 17 Sep 1908 in 'Muiden, The Netherlands'
1909
North Pole reportedly reached by American explorers Robert E. Peary and Matthew Henson.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is founded in New York by prominent black and white intellectuals and led by W.E.B. Du Bois.
Birth of Boucher, Ruth on 1909 in 'Texas'
Birth of Elliott, Roberta A on 1909 in 'Shackelford Co., TX.'
Birth of Barron, Exa Day on 21 Feb 1909 in 'Texas'
Birth of Elliott, Cecil Lawrence on Apr 1909 in 'Texas'
Birth of Forrest, Cora Lee on 14 Apr 1909 in 'Brandon, Hill Co., Texas'
Birth of Miller, Hazel Marguerite on 30 Jun 1909 in 'Stephenville, Texas'
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1910 - 1919
1910
Boy Scouts of America incorporated.
Angel Island, in San Francisco Bay, becomes immigration center for Asians entering U.S.
Death of Sanders, Eliza Jane on ca. 1910 in 'Uvalde Co., Texas'
Marriage of Boucher, James Allen "Al" and Lynch, Hattie on ca. 1910
Birth of Cline, Catherine on 09 Jan 1910 in 'Harbin, Erath Co. , Texas'
Marriage of Elliott, John Hinton and Spruance, Sarah "Sadie" on 28 Jan 1910 in 'Arlington, Tarrant Co., Texas'
Death of Elliott, Charles Edward "Ed" on 9 Nov 1910 in 'Tarrant Co., TX.'
Birth of Wiseman, Irene "Pap" on 18 Dec 1910 in 'Texas ?'
1911
First use of aircraft as offensive weapon in Turkish-Italian War.
Italy defeats Turks and annexes Tripoli and Libya.
Chinese Republic proclaimed after revolution overthrows Manchu dynasty. Sun Yat-sen named president.
Mexican Revolution: Porfirio Diaz, president since 1877, replaced by Francisco Madero.
Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire in New York; 146 killed.
Amundsen reaches South Pole.
Ernest Rutherford discovers the structure of the atom.
Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier.
Irving Berlin's Alexander's Ragtime Band.
Birth of Friday, Susan Etta on 1911 in 'Texas'
Birth of Forrest, Oliver on 1911 in 'Texas'
Birth of Vauthier, Ruby on 1911
Birth of Cline, James Wilburne (Jack) on 2 Dec 1911 in 'Harbin, Erath Co., Texas'
Death of Little Sr. , Jason Bryant on 13 Dec 1911 in 'Tarrant Co., TX.'
Marriage of McCracken, Earl and Elliott, Mattie Gertrude "Patsy" on 28 Dec 1911 in 'Fort Worth, Tarrant Co.'
1912
Balkan Wars (1912 1913) resulting from territorial disputes: Turkey defeated by alliance of Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, and Montenegro;
London peace treaty (1913) partitions most of European Turkey among the victors.
In second war (1913), Bulgaria attacks Serbia and Greece and is defeated after Romania intervenes and Turks recapture Adrianople.
Titanic sinks on maiden voyage; over 1,500 drown.
New Mexico and Arizona admitted as states.
Birth of Vauthier, Lois M. on 1912 in 'Hillsboro'
Birth of Elliott, Pauline R on ca. 1912 in 'Texas'
Birth of Alexander, Harvey on 21 Apr 1912 in 'Dublin, Texas'
Marriage of Elliott, James Washington and Chambers, Minnie on 16 Jun 1912 in 'Tahoka, Lynn Co., Texas'
Birth of Barron, Woodrow Wilson on 2 Jul 1912 in 'Texas'
Birth of Vauthier, Just Thelma on 13 Nov 1912
1913
Suffragists demonstrate in London.
Garment workers strike in New York and Boston; win pay raise and shorter hours.
Henry Ford develops first moving assembly line. 16th Amendment (income tax) and 17th (popular election of U.S. senators) adopted.
Bill creating U.S. Federal Reserve System becomes law.
Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring.
Woodrow Wilson becomes 28th U.S. president.
Armory Show introduces modern art to U.S.; Duchamp's Nude Descending a Staircase shocks public.
Birth of Forrest, Roreyne on 1913 in 'Texas'
Death of Meeks, Marcus L. on 5 Jun 1913 in 'Tarrant Co., TX.'
Death of Elliott, Nancy Ross on 29 Jul 1913 in 'Georgetown, Williamson Co., TX.'
Birth of Forrest, Lorayne on 5 Dec 1913 in 'Oklahoma'
Birth of Van Klooster, Gerarada Hendrika on 7 Dec 1913 in 'Leusden, The Netherlands'
Birth of Elliott Jr. , Aaron Burr on 12 Dec 1913 in 'Callahan Co., TX'
Birth of Cline, Geneva June on 24 Dec 1913
1914
World War I begins: Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand and wife Sophie are assassinated; Austria declares war on Serbia, Germany on Russia and France, Britain on Germany.
Panama Canal officially opened.
Congress sets up Federal Trade Commission, passes Clayton Antitrust Act.
U.S. Marines occupy Veracruz, Mexico, intervening in civil war to protect American interests.
Birth of Elliott, Gwendolyn "Bill" on BEF 1914
Birth of Elliott, Alma L on ca. 1914
Birth of Elliott, Alice on BEF 1914
Birth of Elliott, Gladys on BEF 1914
Birth of Elliott, Clara Nell on 23 Jan 1914 in 'Shackelford Co., TX.'
Birth of Vauthier, Alta Maurine on 31 Mar 1914
Death of Elliott, Clara Nell on 5 Jul 1914 in 'Shackelford Co., TX.'
Death of Friday, Louis Stephen on 21 Aug 1914 in 'Uvalde Co., Texas'
1915
Lusitania sunk by German submarine.
Second Battle of Ypres.
U.S. banks lend $500 million to France and Britain.
Genocide of estimated 600,000 to 1 million Armenians by Turkish soldiers.
D. W. Griffith's film Birth of a Nation.
Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity.
Death of Friday, Mary Anne on 1915
Birth of Mackey, Joesph Welden (Red) on 1915
1916
Congress expands armed forces.
Battle of Verdun. Battle of the Somme.
Tom Mooney arrested for San Francisco bombing (pardoned in 1939).
Pershing fails in raid into Mexico in quest of rebel Pancho Villa.
U.S. buys Virgin Islands from Denmark for $25 million.
President Wilson re-elected with he kept us out of war slogan.
Black Tom explosion at munitions dock in Jersey City, N.J., $40,000,000 damages; traced to German saboteurs.
Margaret Sanger opens first birth control clinic.
Easter Rebellion in Ireland put down by British troops.
Jeannette Rankin becomes first woman elected to Congress.
Birth of Elliott, Ralph on 1916 in 'Texas'
Death of Forrest, Oliver on 1916
Birth of Forrest, Earl Mitchell on 26 Jun 1916 in 'Texas'
Birth of De Ruijter, Hendrike on 12 Oct 1916 in 'Benschop, The Netherlands'
Marriage of Elliott, William "Will" Ross and McMath, Mattie Anna Randolph on 30 Dec 1916 in 'Denton Co., TX.'
1917
First U.S. combat troops in France as U.S. declares war on Germany (April 6).
Third Battle of Ypres. Russian Revolution of 1917 climax of long unrest under czars.
February Revolution Nicholas II forced to abdicate, liberal government created. Kerensky becomes prime minister and forms provisional government (July).
In October Revolution, Bolsheviks seize power in armed coup d'e tat led by Lenin and Trotsky. Kerensky flees.
Balfour Declaration promises Jewish homeland in Palestine.
U.S. declares war on Austria-Hungary (Dec. 7). Armistice between new Russian Bolshevik government and Germans (Dec. 15).
Sigmund Freud's Introduction to Psychoanalysis.
Death of Friday, William F on 1917 in 'Uvalde Co., Texas'
Death of Harrison, Pink Henderson on 11 Feb 1917 in 'Tarrant Co., TX.'
Birth of De Groot, Aafje Jacomijntje on 23 May 1917 in 'Jaarsweld, The Netherlands'
1918
Russian revolutionaries execute the former czar and his family.
Russian Civil War between Reds (Bolsheviks) and Whites (anti-Bolsheviks); Reds win in 1920.
Allied troops (U.S., British, French) intervene (March); leave in 1919.
Second Battle of the Marne (July - Aug.)
German Kaiser abdicates (Nov.); hostilities cease on the Western Front.
Japanese hold Vladivostok until 1922.
Worldwide influenza epidemic strikes; by 1920, nearly 20 million are dead. In U.S. alone, 500,000 perish.
Death of Ragland, James Hardin on 1918 in 'Lebanon, Wilson Co., Tennessee'
Death of Boucher, Lemuel Curry on 1918 in 'Erath Co., Texas'
Birth of Vauthier, Charles Arthur on 11 Feb 1918 in 'Stephenville, Erath County, Texas'
Death of Spruance, Sarah "Sadie" on 18 Mar 1918 in 'Shackelford Co., TX.'
Death of Choat, Rufus Henderson on 04 May 1918
1919
Third International (Comintern) establishes Soviet control over international Communist movements.
Paris peace conference. Versailles Treaty, incorporating Woodrow Wilson's draft Covenant of League of Nations, signed by Allies and Germany; rejected by U.S. Senate.
Congress formally ends war in 1921.
18th (Prohibition) Amendment adopted.
Alcock and Brown make first trans-Atlantic nonstop flight.
Mahatma Gandhi initiates satyagraha (truth force) campaigns, beginning his nonviolent resistance movement against British rule in India.
Death of Hurt, Mary Susan on 02 Nov 1918
Birth of Elliott, Hallie E on ca. 1919 in 'Texas'
Marriage of Elliott, John Hinton and Baggett, Sallie on 1 Jan 1919 in 'Wheatherford, Parker Co., Texas'
Marriage of Stockton, William Berton and Ragland, Mabel Rose on 9 Mar 1919 in 'Desdemona, Texas'
Death of Hurt, Susan Eliza on 07 Jun 1919
Death of Turner, Rebecca Maculum "Mac" on 1 Aug 1919 in 'Tarrant Co., TX.'
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1920 - 1929
1920
League of Nations holds first meeting at Geneva, Switzerland.
U.S. Dept. of Justice red hunt nets thousands of radicals; aliens deported.
Women's suffrage (19th) amendment ratified.
Treaty of Sevres dissolves Ottoman Empire.
First Agatha Christie mystery.
Sinclair Lewis's Main Street.
Death of Elliott, Albert Gayle on Bef 1920 in 'Nolan Co., Texas'
Death of Ragland, Grace on 1920
Birth of Stockton, Doris M on ca. 1920
Death of Friday, Sphronia E. on 20 Feb 1920 in 'Erath Co., Texas'
Death of Watson Sr. , John J. on 20 Apr 1920 in 'Tarrant Co., TX.'
Marriage of Greeson, William David and Forrest, Inez on 18 Dec 1920 in 'Thackerville, Love Co., Oklahoma'
Death of Senters, Jane on Aft. 1920 in 'Nolan Co., Texas'
1921
Reparations Commission fixes German liability at 132 billion gold marks.
German inflation begins.
Major treaties signed at Washington Disarmament Conference limit naval tonnage and pledge to respect territorial integrity of China.
In U.S., Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian-born anarchists, convicted of armed robbery murder; case stirs worldwide protests; they are executed in 1927.
Birth of Barron, R B "Tex" on 1921
Birth of Cline, Wynona Mae on 19 Feb 1921 in 'Harbin, Erath Co., Texas'
1922
Mussolini marches on Rome; forms Fascist government.
Irish Free State, a self-governing dominion of British Empire, officially proclaimed.
Kemal Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey, overthrows last sultan.
James Joyce's Ulysses.
Birth of Stockton, Bert on ca. 1922
Death of Morris, Francis Emaline on 22 Aug 1922 in 'Shackelford Co., TX.'
Marriage of Elliott, Franklin "Frank" Leonard and Parrish, Roxie A on 30 Sep 1922 in 'Texas'
Death of Elliott, Bonaparte T "Bonie" on 29 Oct 1922 in 'Grassland, Lynn Co., TX.'
Marriage of Elliott, Rice Woods Collins "Jack" and McMurray, Winifred "Winnie" on 30 Nov 1922 in 'Tarrant Co., Texas'
Death of England, Amanda Virginia ("Nancy J.") on 18 Dec 1922 in 'Stephenville, Erath County, Texas'
1923
Adolf Hitler's Beer Hall Putsch in Munich fails; in 1924 he is sentenced to five years in prison where he writes Mein Kampf;
released after eight months. Occupation of Ruhr by French and Belgian troops to enforce reparations payments.
Widespread Ku Klux Klan violence in U.S. Earthquake destroys third of Tokyo. George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue.
Bessie Smith, known as the Empress of the Blues, makes her first record. Irish poet William Butler Yeats wins Nobel Prize in Literature.
Birth of Elliott, Floyd Clayton on 9 Feb 1923 in 'Texas'
Birth of Ragland, Viola Virginia on 18 Feb 1923 in 'Desdemona, Eastland Co., Texas'
Birth of Stockton, Evelyn on 21 Mar 1923 in 'Dublin, Texas'
Death of Vauthier, Charlie Dean on 18 May 1923 in 'Hillsboro, Hill County, Texas'
Birth of Rasberry, Cecil Erwin on 12 Aug 1923 in 'Dublin, Texas'
Marriage of Slaughter, Henry J and Elliott, Lida Lee "Trixie" on 2 Dec 1923
1924
Death of Lenin; Stalin wins power struggle, rules as Soviet dictator until death in 1953.
Italian Fascists murder Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti.
Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall and oilmen Harry Sinclair and Edward L. Doheny are charged with conspiracy and bribery in the Teapot Dome scandal, involving fraudulent leases of naval oil reserves. In 1931, Fall is sentenced to year in prison; Doheny and Sinclair acquitted of bribery.
Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb convicted in thrill killing of Bobby Franks in Chicago; defended by Clarence Darrow; sentenced to life imprisonment. (Loeb killed by fellow convict in 1936; Leopold paroled in 1958, dies in 1971.)
Robert Frost wins first of four Pulitzers.
Birth of Greeson, Davina Marye on 13 Jan 1924 in 'Muenster, Cooke Co., Texas'
Marriage of Forrest, Bedford and Gage, Mary Iantha on 16 Feb 1924
Birth of Liebner, Sylvia on 19 Feb 1924 in 'Munich, Germany'
Death of Choat, Alice Rebecca on 07 May 1924
Marriage of Milton, George and Forrest, Cora Lee on 27 Nov 1924
1925
Nellie Tayloe Ross elected governor of Wyoming; first woman governor elected in U.S.
Locarno conferences seek to secure European peace by mutual guarantees.
John T. Scopes convicted and fined for teaching evolution in a public school in Tennessee Monkey Trial; sentence set aside.
John Logie Baird, Scottish inventor, transmits human features by television.
Hitler publishes Volume I of Mein Kampf.
Birth of Forrest, Rayburn on 1925 in 'Texas'
Death of Forrest, Rayburn on 1925
Birth of Forrest, Bedford Hughes on 29 Jan 1925
Death of Forrest, Bedford Hughes on 30 Jan 1925
Death of Milton, George on 4 Feb 1925
Birth of Roberts, Leon Dale on 31 Jul 1925 in 'Texas'
Birth of Greeson Jr. , William David on 25 Aug 1925 in 'Muenster, Cooke Co., Texas'
1926
General strike in Britain brings nation's activities to standstill.
U.S. marines dispatched to Nicaragua during revolt; they remain until 1933.
Gertrude Ederle of U.S. is first woman to swim English Channel.
Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises.
Birth of Stockton, Calvin C on ca. 1926
Birth of Forrest, Nelson Harrold on 20 Feb 1926 in 'Dumont, King Co., Texas'
Death of Dalton, Lundia on 2 Apr 1926 in 'Tarrant Co., TX'
Marriage of Hicks, Arthur James and Forrest, Cora Lee on 26 Jun 1926
Birth of Ragland, Mary Louise on 24 Aug 1926 in 'Harbin, Texas'
Birth of McNinch, Paul Hunter on 23 Sep 1926 in 'Texas'
Birth of Hook, Pansy Estella on 28 Sep 1926 in 'Texas'
Birth of Cannon, William Wood on 13 Oct 1926? in 'Heidenhamer, Bell Co., Texas'
1927
German economy collapses.
Socialists riot in Vienna; general strike follows acquittal of Nazis for political murder.
Trotsky expelled from Russian Communist Party.
Charles A. Lindbergh flies first successful solo nonstop flight from New York to Paris.
Ruth Snyder and Judd Gray convicted of murder of Albert Snyder; they are executed at Sing Sing prison in 1928.
Philo T. Farnsworth demonstrates working television model.
Georges Lemai^tre proposes Big Bang Theory.
Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs in the season; record stands for next 34 years.
The Jazz Singer, with Al Jolson, first part-talking motion picture.
Death of Ragland, William Hardin on 1927 in 'Cookeville, Tennessee'
Death of Ragland, Mary Butler on 1927
Death of Dalton, John Westley on 25 Jan 1927 in 'Tarrant Co., TX.'
Birth of Boucher, Francis Carolyn on 25 Feb 1927 in 'Abilene, Texas'
Birth of Roberts, Ralph on 23 Mar 1927 in 'Texas'
Birth of Tidwell, Peggy Jean on 25 Mar 1927 in 'Texas'
Birth of Forrest, Ava Nell Marie on 15 Jul 1927 in 'Dumont, King Co., Texas'
1928
Kellogg-Briand Pact, outlawing war, signed in Paris by 65 nations.
Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin.
Richard E. Byrd starts expedition to Antarctic; returns in 1930.
Anthropologist Margaret Mead publishes Coming of Age in Samoa.
Final volume of Oxford English Dictionary published after 44 years of research.
Birth of Stockton, Warren on ca. 1928
Death of Grimsley, Elizabeth Abagail "Eliza" on 23 Jun 1928 in 'Tarrant Co., TX.'
Death of Williams, Alice C on 27 Jul 1928 in 'Commerce, Hunt Co., Texas'
Birth of Ragland, Peggy Ann on 07 Nov 1928 in 'Harbin, Texas '
Birth of Stockton, Wibur on ca 1928
1929
Trotsky expelled from USSR Lateran Treaty establishes independent Vatican City.
In U.S., stock market prices collapse, with U.S. securities losing $26 billion first phase of Depression and world economic crisis.
St. Valentine's Day gangland massacre in Chicago.
Edwin Powell Hubble proposes theory of expanding universe.
Birth of Boucher, Thelma Joyce "Joy" on 1929
Death of Boucher, Ruth on 1929
Birth of Roberts, Lillian on 1929 in 'Texas?'
Death of Choat, James Allen on 16 Mar 1929 in 'Arlington, Tarrant Co., Texas'
Death of Dalton, Julia May on 17 Nov 1929 in 'Harbin, Erath Co., Texas'
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1930 - 1939
1930 - 1939
1930
Britain, U.S., Japan, France, and Italy sign naval disarmament treaty.
Nazis gain in German elections.
Cyclotron developed by Ernest O. Lawrence, U.S. physicist.
Pluto discovered by astronomers.
Death of Elliott, William F on BEF 1930
Death of Sublett, J. H. on BEF 1930
Birth of Boucher, James Lester on 30 Jan 1930 in 'Stephenville, Texas'
Death of Roy, Sul Ross on Feb 1930 in 'San Angelo, Texas'
Birth of Forrest, Daniel Bedford on 25 Jun 1930 in 'Dumont, King Co., Texas'
Birth of Waterwall, Jean Laverne on 30 Jul 1930 in 'Yoakum, Texas'
Birth of Ragland, Lavada Caroline on 07 Aug 1930 in 'Harbin, Erath Co., Texas'
Death of Elliott, John M on 1 Oct 1930 in 'Arlington, Texas'
Death of Elliott, Jason Pierpont on 20 Nov 1930 in 'Van Zandt Co., TX'
Death of Jones, Mary M on 30 Nov 1930 in 'Anton, Texas'
1931
Spain becomes a republic with overthrow of King Alfonso XIII.
German industrialists finance 800,000-strong Nazi party.
British parliament enacts statute of Westminster, legalizing dominion equality with Britain.
Mukden Incident begins Japanese occupation of Manchuria.
In U.S., Hoover proposes one-year moratorium of war debts.
Harold C. Urey discovers heavy hydrogen.
Gangster Al Capone sentenced to 11 years in prison for tax evasion (freed in 1939; dies in 1947).
Notorious Scottsboro trial begins, exposing depth of Southern racism.
The Star Spangled Banner officially becomes national anthem.
Death of Hurt, Ira Octavis on 07 Jan 1931 in 'Hunt Co., Texas'
Death of Stoutenburg, Willem on 7 Jan 1931 in 'Eemnes, The Netherlands'
Death of Elliott, Benton Randolph on 6 Jul 1931 in 'Tarrant Co., Texas'
Death of Elliott Sr. , Joseph Alexander on 22 Jul 1931 in 'Arlington, Tarrant Co., TX.'
Death of Choat, Eva Mae on 11 Aug 1931 in 'Harbin, Texas'
Birth of Barnes, Dorothy on 20 Dec 1931 in 'Washington, DC'
1932
Nazis lead in German elections with 230 Reichstag seats.
Famine in USSR.
In U.S., Congress sets up Reconstruction Finance Corporation to stimulate economy.
Veterans march on Washington most leave after Senate rejects payment of cash bonuses; others removed by troops under Douglas MacArthur.
U.S. protests Japanese aggression in Manchuria.
Amelia Earhart is first woman to fly Atlantic solo.
Charles A. Lindbergh's baby son kidnapped, killed. (Bruno Richard Hauptmann arrested in 1934, convicted in 1935, executed in 1936.)
Death of Ragland, Ernest Murray on 1932
Death of Whitworth, David T "Davie" on 4 Jan 1932 in 'Georgetown, Williamson Co., TX.'
Birth of Wallace Hand, Barbara Alice on 18 Jan 1932 in 'Texas'
Birth of Boucher, William Doyle on 21 Mar 1932
Death of Boucher, James Monroe on 24 Mar 1932 in 'Erath Co., Texas'
Death of Choat, Allen Morgan on 24 Jun 1932 in 'Houston, Texas'
1933
Hitler appointed German chancellor, gets dictatorial powers.
Reichstag fire in Berlin; Nazi terror begins.
Germany and Japan withdraw from League of Nations.
Giuseppe Zangara executed for attempted assassination of president-elect Roosevelt in which Chicago mayor Cermak is fatally shot.
Roosevelt inaugurated (the only thing we have to fear is fear itself); launches New Deal.
Prohibition repealed. USSR recognized by U.S.
Death of Ragland, John Biggers on 1933
Birth of Forrest, Ila Mae on 28 Feb 1933 in 'Sparenberg, Dawson Co., Texas'
Birth of Ragland, Jerry Cline on 24 May 1933 in 'Harbin, Erath Co., Texas'
Birth of McAdams, Lamoyne on 17 Jul 1933 in 'Erath Co., Texas'
1934
Chancellor Dollfuss of Austria assassinated by Nazis.
Hitler becomes fuhrer.
USSR admitted to League of Nations.
Dionne sisters, first quintuplets to survive beyond infancy, born in Canada.
Mao Zedong begins the Long March north with 100,000 soldiers.
Birth of Boucher, Jo Nell on 17 Mar 1934 in 'Stephenville, Texas'
Death of Jopling, Francis "Frannie" on 18 Nov 1934 in 'Van Zandt Co., TX'
1935
Saar incorporated into Germany after plebiscite.
Nazis repudiate Versailles Treaty, introduce compulsory military service.
Mussolini invades Ethiopia; League of Nations invokes sanctions.
Roosevelt opens second phase of New Deal in U.S., calling for social security, better housing, equitable taxation, and farm assistance.
Huey Long assassinated in Louisiana.
Birth of McAdams, Estalene on 1935
Death of Cline, James Wilburne (Jack) on 11 Mar 1935 in 'South Texas'
Death of McLendon, William A. on 15 Jun 1935 in 'Van Zandt Co., TX.'
Birth of Beall, Jodell T on ca 1935 in 'Texas'
1936
Germans occupy Rhineland.
Italy annexes Ethiopia.
Rome-Berlin Axis proclaimed (Japan to join in 1940).
Trotsky exiled to Mexico.
King George V dies; succeeded by son, Edward VIII, who soon abdicates to marry an American-born divorcee, and is succeeded by brother, George VI.
Spanish civil war begins. Hundreds of Americans join the Lincoln Brigades. (Franco's fascist forces defeat Loyalist forces by 1939, when Madrid falls.)
War between China and Japan begins, to continue through World War II.
Japan and Germany sign anti-Comintern pact; joined by Italy in 1937.
Death of Russell, Sarah Jane "Sally" on 1936 in 'Tarrant Co., Texas'
Death of Vauthier, Charles Vincent on 11 Jan 1936 in 'Huckaby, Texas'
Birth of Forrest, Olan Charles on 9 Feb 1936 in 'Sparenberg, Dawson Co. Texas'
Birth of Boucher, Judy Beth on 22 Feb 1936 in 'Floydada, Texas'
Birth of Fuller, Phylis Wayne on 10 Mar 1936 in 'Sasakwa, Oklahoma'
Death of Watson, Louisa Jane "Jennie" on 16 Apr 1936 in 'Colorado City, Mitchell Co., TX.'
Death of Cornelison, Florida Indiana on 17 May 1936 in 'Dublin, Erath Co., Texas'
Death of Stalenhoef, Geertje on 18 May 1936 in 'Eemnes, The Netherlands'
1937
Hitler repudiates war guilt clause of Versailles Treaty; continues to build German power.
Italy withdraws from League of Nations.
U.S. gunboat Panay sunk by Japanese in Yangtze River.
Japan invades China, conquers most of coastal area.
Amelia Earhart lost somewhere in Pacific on round-the-world flight.
Picasso's Guernica mural.
Birth of Evans, Mary Kathrine on 1937
Death of Johnson, Mary Jane on 1937 in 'Clay Co., Texas'
Death of Ragland, Charles Burton on 1937
Death of Elliott, Pearl on 21 Feb 1937 in 'Merkel, Taylor Co., TX.'
Birth of Edwards, Robbie Earlene on 13 Mar 1937 in 'Haskell Co., Texas'
Marriage of Beukeboom, Johannes Antonius and Stoutenburg, Maria Martha Everarda on 19 Oct 1937 in 'Eemnes, Utrecht Prov., The Netherlands'
Birth of Boucher, Patsy May on 30 Dec 1937 in 'Floydada, Texas'
1938
Hitler marches into Austria; political and geographical union of Germany and Austria proclaimed.
Munich Pact - Britain, France, and Italy agree to let Germany partition Czechoslovakia.
Douglas Wrong-Way Corrigan flies from New York to Dublin.
Fair Labor Standards Act establishes minimum wage.
Orson Welles's radio broadcast War of the Worlds.
Death of Watson, Albert Harvey on 18 Aug 1938 in 'Tarrant Co., Texas'
1939
Germany invades Poland; occupies Bohemia and Moravia; renounces pact with England and concludes 10-year non-aggression pact with USSR.
Russo-Finnish War begins; Finns to lose one-tenth of territory in 1940 peace treaty.
World War II begins.
In U.S., Roosevelt submits $1,319-million defense budget, proclaims U.S. neutrality, and declares limited emergency.
Einstein writes FDR about feasibility of atomic bomb.
New York World's Fair opens.
DAR refuses to allow Marian Anderson to perform.
Gone with the Wind premieres.
Birth of Boucher, Donald "Donnie" Wayne on 1939 in 'Texas'
Birth of Moffett, Troy William on 8 Jan 1939 in 'Erath Co., Texas'
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1940 - 1949
1940 - 1949
1940
Hitler invades Norway, Denmark (April 9), the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg (May 10), and France (May 12).
Churchill becomes Britain's prime minister.
Trotsky assassinated in Mexico (Aug. 20).
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania annexed by USSR.
U.S. trades 50 destroyers for leases on British bases in Western Hemisphere.
Selective Service Act signed.
The first official network television broadcast is put out by NBC.
Death of Boucher, Lola Ellen on 1940 in 'Texas'
Death of Meyers, Lavania L on 1940
Birth of Friday, Mary Lois on 1940
Death of Boucher, Nancy Ellen on 1940
Death of Barron, Woodrow Wilson on 16 Feb 1940 in 'Texas'
Birth of Boucher, Loyce Jean on 11 Mar 1940 in 'Lockney, Texas'
Marriage of Vauthier, Charles Arthur and Ragland, Viola Virginia on 03 Dec 1940 in 'Erath Co., Texas'
1941
Germany attacks the Balkans and Russia.
Japanese surprise attack on U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor brings U.S. into World War II; U.S. and Britain declare war on Japan.
Manhattan Project (atomic bomb research) begins.
Roosevelt enunciates four freedoms, signs Lend-Lease Act, declares national emergency, promises aid to USSR.
Orson Welles's Citizen Kane.
Birth of Alexander, Kay Cline on 26 Sep 1941 in 'Dublin, Texas'
Death of Elliott, Robert Mitchel on 20 Nov 1941 in 'Merkel, Taylor Co., TX.'
1942
Declaration of United Nations signed in Washington (Jan. 1).
Nazi leaders attend Wannsee Conference to coordinate the final solution to the Jewish question, the systematic genocide of Jews known as the Holocaust.
Women's military services established.
Enrico Fermi achieves nuclear chain reaction.
More than 120,000 Japanese and persons of Japanese ancestry living in western U.S. moved to relocation centers, some for the duration of the war (Executive Order 9066).
Coconut Grove nightclub fire in Boston kills 492 (Nov. 28).
Death of McCarty, Susan Katherine "Kittie" on 1942 in 'Uvalde Co., Texas'
Birth of Hicks, Joe on 1942 in 'Dublin, Erath Co. Texas'
Birth of Friday, Haven Wright on 1942
Death of Ragland, William Edward on 1942
Death of Stokes, Ian Tessie on 5 Mar 1942
Birth of Vauthier, Kenneth Charles on 25 Jul 1942 in 'Dublin, Erath County, Texas'
Death of de Gooijer, Maria (Marritje) on 3 Aug 1942 in 'Eemnes, The Netherlands'
1943
Churchill and Roosevelt hold Casablanca Conference (Jan. 14 - 23).
Mussolini deposed.
President freezes prices, salaries, and wages to prevent inflation.
Income tax withholding introduced.
Birth of Friday, Nancy Lee on 1943
Death of Andrews, Nancy (Nana or Nannie) on 1943
Death of Forrest, Alverson Bedford on 1943
Death of Choat, Sammual R on 04 Jul 1943 in 'Clovis, New Mexico'
1944
Allies invade Normandy on D-Day (June 6).
G.I. Bill of Rights enacted.
Bretton Woods Conference creates International Monetary Fund and World Bank (July 1 - 22).
Dumbarton Oaks Conference U.S., British Commonwealth, and USSR propose establishment of United Nations (Aug. 21 - Oct. 7).
Battle of the Bulge (Dec. 16).
Woody Guthrie records This Land is Your Land.
Gunnar Myrdal's An American Dilemma.
Marriage of Elliott, Ray A and Wiseman, Irene "Pap" on 1944 in 'Texas'
Birth of Fletcher, Connie Lavel (or Lavelle) on 1944 in 'Dublin, Erath Co., Texas'
Birth of Stallcup, Mary Melissa on 11 Jan 1944 in 'Marshall, Harrison County, Texas'
Death of Stoutenburg, Maria Martha Everarda on 09 Feb 1944 in 'Eemnes, Utrecht Prov, The Netherlands'
Death of Elliott, Lida Lee "Trixie" on 19 Feb 1944
Death of Collins, Eliza Maxwell on 12 Mar 1944 in 'Arlington, Tarrant Co., TX.'
Birth of Vauthier, Dorthy Faye on 11 Apr 1944 in 'Dublin, Erath County, Texas'
Death of Vauthier, Dorthy Faye on 7 May 1944 in 'Dublin, Erath County, Texas'
Death of Cline, Dock Pierce on 16 Aug 1944 in 'Dublin, Erath Co., Texas'
Marriage of Beukeboom, Johannes Antonius and Van Klooster, Gerarada Hendrika on 04 Oct 1944 in 'Eemnes, Utrecht Prov.,The Netherlands'
1945
Yalta Conference (Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin) plans final defeat of Germany (Feb. 4 - 11).
FDR dies (April 12).
Hitler commits suicide (April 30); Germany surrenders (May 7); May 8 is declared V-E Day.
Potsdam Conference (Truman, Churchill, Stalin) establishes basis of German reconstruction (July - Aug.).
U.S. drops atomic bombs on Japanese cities of Hiroshima (Aug. 6) and Nagasaki (Aug. 9).
Japan signs official surrender on V-J Day (Sept. 2).
United Nations established (Oct. 24).
First electronic computer, ENIAC, built.
Marriage of (null) and (null) on ca. 1945
Death of Vauthier, Charles Albert on 1945 in 'Hillsboro, Hill County, Texas'
Death of Unk, Billie on 1945 in 'Hillsboro, Hill County, Texas'
Marriage of Chastain, Ben E. and Forrest, Ava Nell Marie on 8 May 1945
Death of Sublett, Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" on 10 Jul 1945 in 'Tarrant Co., TX.'
Birth of Beukeboom, Antonius on 30 Sep 1945 in 'Eemnes, The Netherlands'
Birth of Lebleu, Frank Luther on ca 1945 in 'Corpus Christi ??, Texas '
1946
First meeting of UN General Assembly opens in London (Jan. 10).
Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain speech warns of Soviet expansion (March 5).
League of Nations dissolved (April).
Italy abolishes monarchy (June).
Verdict in Nuremberg war trial: 12 Nazi leaders (including 1 tried in absentia) sentenced to hang; 7 imprisoned; 3 acquitted (Oct. 1).
Goering commits suicide a few hours before 10 other Nazis are executed (Oct. 15).
Juan Peron becomes president of Argentina.
Benjamin Spock's childcare classic published.
Marriage of Roberts, Leon Dale and Tidwell, Peggy Jean on 2 Jan 1946 in 'Texas'
Birth of McNinch, Mary Carol on 14 Jan 1946 in 'Unk'
Marriage of Roberts, Ralph and Hook, Pansy Estella on 23 Mar 1946 in 'Texas'
Birth of Beukeboom, Henk on 15 Sep 1946 in 'Eemnes, The Netherlands'
Birth of Brandenberg, Evelyn Fay on 26 Sep 1946 in 'Sinton, San Patricio County, Texas'
Birth of Ransom, Alta Joyce on 15 Oct 1946 in 'Erath Co., Texas'
Birth of Vauthier, George Ralph on 13 Nov 1946 in 'Gorman, Eastland County, Texas'
Birth of Mesman, Marian B. on 06 Dec 1946 in 'The Netherlands'
1947
Britain nationalizes coal mines (Jan. 1).
Peace treaties for Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Finland signed in Paris (Feb. 10).
Soviet Union rejects U.S. plan for UN atomic-energy control (March 4).
Truman proposes Truman Doctrine, which was to aid Greece and Turkey in resisting communist expansion (March 12).
Marshall Plan for European recovery proposed coordinated program to help European nations recover from ravages of war (June).
(By the time it ended in 1951, this European Recovery Program had cost $13 billion.)
India and Pakistan gain independence from Britain (Aug. 15).
U.S. Air Force pilot Chuck Yeager becomes first person to break the sound barrier (Oct. 14).
Jackie Robinson joins the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl published.
Birth of Evans, Richard Weymiller on 1947
Death of Hair, Jessie Cornelia on 24 Feb 1947 in 'Nocona, TX.'
Birth of Roberts, Sharon Ann on 10 Apr 1947 in 'Texas'
Birth of Hyman, Wayne on 20 Apr 1947 in 'New Jersey'
Birth of Van Bijveld, Trudy on 06 Jun 1947 in 'The Netherlands'
Birth of McNinch, James Paul on 19 Jul 1947 in 'Texas'
1948
Gandhi assassinated in New Delhi by Hindu fanatic (Jan. 30).
Burma (Jan. 4) and Ceylon (Feb. 4) granted independence by Britain.
Communists seize power in Czechoslovakia (Feb. 23 - 25).
Organization of American States (OAS) Charter signed at Bogota, Colombia (April 30).
Nation of Israel proclaimed; British end mandate at midnight; Arab armies attack (May 14).
Berlin blockade begins (June 24), prompting Allied airlift (June 26). (Blockade ends May 12, 1949; airlift continues until Sept. 30, 1949.)
Stalin and Tito break (June 28).
Independent Republic of Korea is proclaimed, following election supervised by UN (Aug. 15).
Verdict in Japanese war trial: 18 imprisoned (Nov. 12); Tojo and six others hanged (Dec. 23).
United States of Indonesia established as Dutch and Indonesians settle conflict (Dec. 27).
Alger Hiss, former U.S. State Department official, indicted on perjury charges after denying passing secret documents to communist spy ring; convicted in second trial (1950) and sentenced to five-year prison term.
Truman ends racial segregation in military. Alfred Kinsey publishes Sexual Behavior in the American Male. Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire wins Pulitzer.
Birth of Luce, Susanne on 1948
Death of Choat, Robert C on 12 Jan 1948 in 'Comanche, Texas'
Birth of Staton, Jerry Udell on 09 Mar 1948 in 'Texas'
Birth of Boucher, Guy Eddie on 10 Apr 1948 in 'Comanche, Texas'
Birth of Beukeboom, Marga on 09 May 1948 in 'Eemnes, The Netherlands'
Birth of Cox, James on 30 May 1948
Birth of Roberts, Marion Lou on 02 Jun 1948 in 'Texas'
Birth of Ransom, Edgar Amos on 15 Jul 1948 in 'Erath Co., Texas'
Birth of Wood, Michael Dan on 06 Aug 1948 in 'Texas'
Marriage of Greeson Jr. , William David and Liebner, Sylvia on 24 Aug 1948 in 'Munich, Germany'
Birth of Cottrell, Sally Jo on 5 Nov 1948 in 'Harve, Montana'
1949
Cease-fire in Palestine (Jan. 7).
Truman proposes Point Four Program to help world's less developed areas (Jan. 20).
Israel signs armistice with Egypt (Feb. 24).
Start of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) treaty signed by 12 nations (April 4).
Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) established (May 23).
First successful Soviet atomic test (July 14).
Communist People's Republic of China formally proclaimed by Chairman Mao Zedong (Oct. 1).
German Democratic Republic (East Germany) established under Soviet rule (Oct. 7).
South Africa institutionalizes apartheid.
Birth of Greeson, David Glenn on 29 Jan 1949
Birth of Vauthier, Loyd Michael on 24 Apr 1949 in 'Dublin, Texas'
Birth of Vauthier, Lynn Monroe on 24 Apr 1949 in 'Dublin, Erath County, Texas'
Identical Twins
Death of Vauthier, Lynn Monroe on 25 Apr 1949 in 'Dublin, Erath County, Texas'
Marriage of Brown, Johnny Franklin and Forrest, Ila Mae on 19 May 1949
Death of Elliott, William "Will" Ross on 9 Jun 1949 in 'Lubbock, Lubbock Co., TX.
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Birth of Rinehart, Ann on 27 Jun 1949 in 'Comanche, Texas'
Birth of Wienberg, Zy on 11 Jul 1949
Birth of Boucher, Tommie Gail on 23 Jul 1949 in 'Comanche, Texas'
Birth of Cannon, Barbara Jean on 4 Sep 1949 in 'Corpus Christi, Nueces Co., Texas'
Marriage of Forrest, Nelson Harrold and Barnes, Dorothy on 5 Sep 1949 in 'San Jose, Santa Clara Co., California'
Birth of Greeson, William Richard on 8 Oct 1949 in 'Palestine, Anderson Co., Texas'
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1950 - 1959 of the 20th Century
1950 - 1959
1950 - 1959
1950
Brink's robbery in Boston; almost $3 million stolen (Jan. 17).
Truman orders development of hydrogen bomb (Jan. 31).
Robert Schuman proposes Schuman Plan to pool European coal and steel (May 9). Korean War begins when North Korean
Communist forces invade South Korea (June 25). (For detailed chronology, seeKorean War.)
Assassination attempt on President Truman by Puerto Rican nationalists (Nov. 1).
McCarthyism begins.
Death of Unk wife C W Dalton, Ola M on 1950 in 'Tarrant Co., TX.'
Birth of McNinch, Beth on 27 Apr 1950 in 'Unk'
Birth of Beukeboom, Gerda on 21 Jun 1950 in 'Eemnes, The Netherlands'
1951
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for passing atomic secrets to Russians (March).
Spurred by Schuman Plan, six nations form European Coal and Steel Community (April); effective 1952.
Japanese peace treaty signed in San Francisco by 49 nations (Sept. 8).
Color television introduced in U.S.
Libya gains independence (Dec. 24).
Birth of Adams III , Charles Dewitt on 1951 in 'Texas'
Death of Elliott, James Washington on 1951 in 'Lynn Co., TX.'
Death of Smith, Martha Caroline on 11 Jan 1951 in 'Merkel, Taylor Co., TX.'
Death of Watson Jr. , John J on 3 Feb 1951 in 'Tarrant Co., Texas'
Death of Ragland, John David on 5 Apr 1951 in 'Dublin, Erath Co., Texas'
Death of Elliott, Eula Mae on 31 Aug 1951 in 'Wills Point, Van Zandt Co., TX.'
Birth of Vauthier, Barbara Sue on 26 Sep 1951 in 'Dublin, Texas '
Death of Unk wife of John J Watson Jr., Lucy E. on 15 Oct 1951 in 'Texas'
Death of Hurt, Minnie Belle on 23 Dec 1951 in 'Dublin, Erath Co., Texas'
1952
George VI dies; his daughter becomes Elizabeth II (Feb. 6).
AEC announces satisfactory experiments in hydrogen-weapons research; eyewitnesses tell of blasts near Enewetak (Nov.).
Ralph Ellison's The Invisible Man.
Birth of Farrell, Dennis on 1952
Birth of McNinch, David Leon on 24 Jun 1952 in 'Unk'
Death of Boucher, William Oscar "Bee" on 19 Jul 1952 in 'Texas'
Birth of Beukeboom, Hennie on 26 Sep 1952 in 'Eemnes, The Netherlands'
Birth of Mackey, Mona Marie on 07 Nov 1952 in 'Dublin, Erath Co., Texas'
Marriage of Payne, James "Jim" R and Elliott, Mary Jane on 26 Dec 1952 in 'Nolan Co., Texas'
1953 Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower inaugurated president of United States (Jan. 20).
Stalin dies (March 5). Malenkov becomes Soviet premier; Beria, minister of interior; Molotov, foreign minister (March 6).
Dag Hammarskjold begins term as UN secretary-general (April 10).
James Watson and Francis Crick publish their discovery of the molecular model of DNA (April - May).
Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal reach top of Mt. Everest (May 29).
East Berliners rise against Communist rule; quelled by tanks (June 17).
Egypt becomes republic ruled by military junta (June 18).
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed in Sing Sing prison (June 19).
Korean armistice signed (July 27).
Moscow announces explosion of hydrogen bomb (Aug. 20).
Tito becomes president of Yugoslavia.
James Watson, Francis Crick, and Rosalind Franklin discover structure of DNA.
Ernest Hemingway wins Pulitzer for The Old Man and the Sea.
Marriage of Forrest, Daniel Bedford and Lewis, Patricia on Before 1953 in 'Phoenix, Maricopa Co., Arizona'
Birth of Forrest, Truett Nelson on 23 Jan 1953 in 'San Jose, Santa Clara Co., California'
Birth of Harris Jr. , Joe Douglas on 29 Apr 1953
Birth of Forrest, Michael Lewis on 14 May 1953 in 'Phoenix, Maricopa Co., Arizona'
Death of Cline, Luther Colquit on 21 May 1953 in 'Harbin, Texas'
Birth of De Ruijter, Teus on 24 Oct 1953 in 'Benschop, The Netherlands'
Birth of Boucher, William Clyde on 10 Nov 1953 in 'Sugarland, Texas'
Death of Unk wife of D T Whitworth, Anne J "Annie" on 24 Nov 1953 in 'Georgetown, Williamson Co., TX.'
Death of Greeson, Davina Marye on 12 Dec 1953 in 'Tyler, Smith Co. Texas'
Birth of Vauthier, Silvia Ann on 15 Dec 1953 in 'Dublin, Texas'
1954 First atomic submarine Nautilus launched (Jan. 21).
Five U.S. congressmen shot on floor of House as Puerto Rican nationalists fire from spectators' gallery; all five recover (March 1).
Soviet Union grants sovereignty to East Germany (March 23).
Army v. McCarthy inquiry Senate subcommittee report blames both sides (April 22 - June 17).
Dien Bien Phu, French military outpost in Vietnam, falls to Vietminh army (May 7).
U.S. Supreme Court (in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka) unanimously bans racial segregation in public schools (May 17).
Eisenhower launches world atomic pool without Soviet Union (Sept. 6).
Eight-nation Southeast Asia defense treaty (SEATO) signed at Manila (Sept. 8).
Dr. Jonas Salk starts inoculating children against polio.
Algerian War of Independence against France begins (Nov.);
France struggles to maintain colonial rule until 1962 when it agrees to Algeria's independence.
William Faulkner's A Fable wins Pulitzer.
Birth of Farrell, Paula on 1954
Death of Elliott, Joseph "Joe" Andrew Neal on 1954 in 'Ft. Worth, Texas'
Death of Elliott, John Hinton on 30 Jan 1954 in 'Albany, Shackelford Co., TX.'
Birth of Forrest, Fred Bayard on 8 Jul 1954 in 'San Jose, Santa Clara Co., California'
Death of Elliott Jr. , Aaron Burr on 12 Sep 1954
Death of McMath, Archelous G "Arch" on 9 Oct 1954 in 'Phoenix, Maricopa Co., AZ.'
1955
Nikolai A. Bulganin becomes Soviet premier, replacing Malenkov (Feb. 8).
Churchill resigns; Anthony Eden succeeds him (April 6).
West Germany becomes a sovereign state (May 5).
Western European Union (WEU) comes into being (May 6).
Warsaw Pact, east European mutual defense agreement, signed (May 14).
Argentina ousts Peron (Sept. 19).
President Eisenhower suffers coronary thrombosis in Denver (Sept. 24).
Rosa Parks refuses to sit at the back of the bus.
Martin Luther King, Jr., leads black boycott of Montgomery, Ala., bus system (Dec. 1); desegregated service begins Dec. 21, 1956.
AFL and CIO become one organization AFL-CIO (Dec. 5).
Tennessee Williams's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof wins Pulitzer.
Marriage of Smith, Charles Everede and Forrest, Inez on ca. 1955
Death of Greeson, William David on 17 Jan 1955 in 'Texas'
Death of Elliott, Alice Viola on 9 Mar 1955 in 'Texas?'
Birth of Craig Jr. , Jack Louis on 10 Apr 1955
Death of Elliott, Rennie B on 27 May 1955 in 'Portales, NM.'
Birth of Roberts, Charles Leon on 05 Jun 1955 in 'Texas'
Birth of Forrest, Patricia Danielle on 10 Aug 1955
Marriage of Ragland, Jerry Cline and Fuller, Phylis Wayne on 16 Dec 1955 in 'Texas'
Birth of Milland, Padron Teresa on ca 1955 in 'Texas'
1956
Nikita Khrushchev, First Secretary of USSR Communist Party, denounces Stalin's excesses (Feb. 24).
First aerial H-bomb tested over Namu islet, Bikini Atoll - 10 million tons TNT equivalent (May 21).
Workers' uprising against Communist rule in Poznan, Poland, is crushed (June 28 - 30); rebellion inspires Hungarian students to stage a protest against Communism in Budapest (Oct. 23).
Egypt takes control of Suez Canal (July 26).
Hungarian rebellion forces Soviet troops to withdraw from Budapest (Oct.).
Israel launches attack on Egypt's Sinai peninsula and drives toward Suez Canal (Oct. 29).
Imre Nagy announces Hungary's withdrawal from Warsaw Pact (Nov. 1); Soviet troops enter and reclaim Budapest (Nov. 4).
British and French invade Port Said on the Suez Canal (Nov. 5). Cease-fire forced by U.S. pressure stops British, French, and Israeli advance (Nov. 6).
Morocco gains independence.
Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal.
Allen Ginsberg's Howl.
Death of Ragland, Martha Hughes on 1956 in '
'
Birth of Farrell, Michael on 1956
Birth of Wellbacher, Arlene on 28 Jan 1956 in 'San Antonio, Texas'
Death of Dalton, Carl William on 25 Jul 1956 in ' Tarrant Co., TX.'
Death of Elliott Jr. , Robert "Bob" Alexander on 30 Oct 1956 in 'Moran, Shackelford Co., TX.'
1957
Eisenhower Doctrine calls for aid to Mideast countries which resist armed aggression from Communist-controlled nations (Jan. 5).
The Little Rock Nine integrate Arkansas high school. Eisenhower sends troops to quell mob and protect school integration (Sept. 24).
Russians launch Sputnik I, first Earth-orbiting satellite the Space Age begins (Oct. 4).
Birth of Ragland, Stephen Blake on 24 Jun 1957
Birth of Roberts, Ronnie Joe on 27 Nov 1957 in 'Texas'
1958
European Economic Community (Common Market) becomes effective (Jan. 1).
Army's Jupiter-C rocket fires first U.S. Earth satellite, Explorer I, into orbit (Jan. 31).
Egypt and Syria merge into United Arab Republic (Feb. 1).
Khrushchev becomes premier of Soviet Union as Bulganin resigns (Mar. 27).
Gen. Charles de Gaulle becomes French premier (June 1), remaining in power until 1969.
Eisenhower orders U.S. Marines into Lebanon at request of President Chamoun, who fears overthrow (July 15).
New French constitution adopted (Sept. 28), de Gaulle elected president of 5th Republic (Dec. 21).
Birth of Craig, Joe Bob on 20 Jan 1958 in 'Fort Worth, Texas'
Birth of Boyce, Mary Beth on 25 May 1958 in 'Texas'
Death of Elliott, Claude on 1 Oct 1958 in 'Houston, Harris Co., TX.'
1959
Cuban President Batista resigns and flees Castro takes over (Jan. 1).
Tibet's Dalai Lama escapes to India (Mar. 31).
St. Lawrence Seaway opens, allowing ocean ships to reach Midwest (April 25).
Alaska and Hawaii become states.
Leakeys discover hominid fossils.
Birth of Miller, Larry on 1959 in 'Des Moines, Iowa'
Birth of Craig, William Dwayne on 22 Apr 1959 in 'Fort Worth, Texas'
Death of Wiseman, Irene "Pap" on 28 Aug 1959 in 'Wichita Falls, Wichita Co., TX.'
Birth of Ragland, Lisa Dale on 26 Sep 1959
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1960 - 1969
1960 - 1969
1960
American U-2 spy plane, piloted by Francis Gary Powers, shot down over Russia (May 1).
Khrushchev kills Paris summit conference because of U-2 (May 16).
Top Nazi murderer of Jews, Adolf Eichmann, captured by Israelis in Argentina (May 23) executed in Israel in 1962.
Powers sentenced to prison for 10 years (Aug. 19) freed in February 1962 in exchange for Soviet spy.
Communist China and Soviet Union split in conflict over Communist ideology.
Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria, Madagascar, and Zaire (Belgian Congo) gain independence.
Cuba begins confiscation of $770 million of U.S. property (Aug. 7).
There are 900 U.S. military advisers in South Vietnam.
Charles Vauthier and Family move from Dublin to Sinton, in South Texas
Death of Boucher, Thomas "Tom" Lewis on 24 Feb 1960 in 'Texas'
Birth of Forrest, Alan Duane on 16 Aug 1960
Birth of Woods, Cameron Kay on 22 Nov 1960 in 'Texas'
1961
U.S. breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba (Jan. 3).
Robert Frost recites The Gift Outright at John F. Kennedy's inauguration as president of U.S. (Jan. 20).
Moscow announces putting first man in orbit around Earth, Maj. Yuri A. Gagarin (April 12).
Cuba invaded at Bay of Pigs by an estimated 1,200 anti-Castro exiles aided by U.S.; invasion crushed (April 17).
First U.S. spaceman, Navy Cmdr. Alan B. Shepard, Jr., rockets 116.5 miles up in 302-mile trip (May 5). Virgil Grissom becomes second American astronaut, making 118-mile-high, 303-mile-long rocket flight over Atlantic (July 21).
Gherman Stepanovich Titov is launched in Soviet spaceship Vostok II: makes 171/2 orbits in 25 hours, covering 434,960 miles before landing safely (Aug. 6).
East Germans erect Berlin Wall between East and West Berlin to halt flood of refugees (Aug. 13).
USSR fires 50-megaton hydrogen bomb, biggest explosion in history (Oct. 29).
There are 2,000 U.S. military advisers in South Vietnam.
Birth of Rasberry, Wallace Erwin on 12 Aug 1961 in 'Dublin, Texas'
Death of Barron, Roscoe Blaine on 24 Nov 1961 in 'Texas'
Death of Boucher, Alta Josephine on 15 Dec 1961 in 'Harbin, Erath County, Texas'
1962
Lt. Col. John H. Glenn, Jr., is first American to orbit Earth three times in 4 hr 55 min (Feb. 20).
France transfers sovereignty to new republic of Algeria (July 3).
Cuban missile crisis - USSR to build missile bases in Cuba; Kennedy orders Cuban blockade, lifts blockade after Russians back down (Aug. - Nov.).
James H. Meredith, escorted by federal marshals, registers at University of Mississippi (Oct. 1).
Pope John XXIII opens Second Vatican Council (Oct. 11) Council holds four sessions, finally closing Dec. 8, 1965.
Cuba releases 1,113 prisoners of 1961 invasion attempt (Dec. 24).
Burundi, Jamaica, Western Samoa, Uganda, and Trinidad and Tobago become independent.
William Faulkner wins Pulitzer for The Reivers.
Rachel Carson's Silent Spring.
Birth of Griner, jefferson Noble on ABT 1962 in 'Uvalde Co., Texas'
Birth of Boucher, Gabriella Ann on 1962 in 'Texas'
Death of Morris, Lola Prudence on 9 Apr 1962 in 'Abilene, Taylor Co., TX.'
Death of Hawkins, Joseph L "Joe" on 16 May 1962 in 'Texas'
Birth of Ray, Susan Francine on 23 May 1962 in 'Dallas, Texas'
Death of Hicks, Arthur James on 29 Jun 1962
Marriage of Mitchell, Unk and Forrest, Cora Lee on After 1962
1963
France and West Germany sign treaty of cooperation ending four centuries of conflict (Jan. 22).
Michael E. De Bakey implants artificial heart in human for first time at Houston hospital; plastic device functions and patient lives for four days (April 21).
Pope John XXIII dies (June 3) succeeded June 21 by Cardinal Montini, who becomes Paul VI.
U.S. Supreme Court rules no locality may require recitation of Lord's Prayer or Bible verses in public schools (June 17).
U.K.'s Profumo scandal (June).
Civil rights rally held by 200,000 blacks and whites in Washington, D.C.; Martin Luther King delivers I have a dream speech (Aug. 28).
Washington-to-Moscow hot line communications link opens, designed to reduce risk of accidental war (Aug. 30).
President Kennedy shot and killed by sniper in Dallas, Tex. Lyndon B. Johnson becomes president same day (Nov. 22). Lee Harvey Oswald, accused assassin of President Kennedy, is shot and killed by Jack Ruby, Dallas nightclub owner (Nov. 24).
Kenya achieves independence.
Betty Friedan publishes The Feminine Mystique.
There are 15,000 U.S. military advisers in South Vietnam.
Death of Vauthier, Just Arthur on 9 Feb 1963 in 'Harbin, Erath County, Texas'
Birth of Williams, Kimberly Ann on 14 Dec 1963 in 'Texas'
1964
U.S. Supreme Court rules that congressional districts should be roughly equal in population (Feb. 17).
Jack Ruby convicted of murder in slaying of Lee Harvey Oswald; sentenced to death by Dallas jury (March 14) conviction reversed Oct. 5, 1966; Ruby dies Jan. 3, 1967, before second trial can be held.
Three civil rights workers Schwerner, Goodman, and Cheney murdered in Mississippi (June). Twenty-one arrests result in trial and conviction of seven by federal jury.
Nelson Mandela sentenced to life imprisonment (June 11).
Congress approves Gulf of Tonkin resolution (Aug. 7).
President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy issues Warren Report concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone.
The Beatles appear on The Ed Sullivan Show.
Birth of Boucher, Byron Scott on 1964 in 'Texas'
Birth of Weaver, James "Rusty" on ca. 1964
Birth of Satterwhite, Kevin on 12 jan 1964 in 'Stephenville, Texas'
Death of Stockton, William Berton on 12 Feb 1964 in 'Dublin, Texas'
Birth of Ragland, Drexel Wayne on 05 Mar 1964
Death of Elliott Sr. , Aaron Burr on 30 Apr 1964 in 'Callahan Co., TX.'
Birth of Rasberry, Cecilia Ann on 5 Aug 1964 in 'Dallas, Texas'
Birth of Hogg, Dede on 23 Dec 1964 in 'Ranger, Texas'
Death of Elliott, Mary Elizabeth on 29 Dec 1964 in 'Lubbock, TX.'
1965
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and more than 2,600 other blacks arrested in Selma, Ala., during three-day demonstrations against voter-registration rules (Feb. 1).
Malcolm X, black-nationalist leader, shot to death at Harlem rally in New York City (Feb. 21).
U.S. Marines land in Dominican Republic as fighting persists between rebels and Dominican army (April 28).
Medicare, senior citizens' government medical assistance program, begins (July 1).
Blacks riot for six days in Watts section of Los Angeles: 34 dead, over 1,000 injured, nearly 4,000 arrested, fire damage put at $175 million (Aug. 11?|16).
Power failure in Ontario plant blacks out parts of eight states of northeast U.S. and two provinces of southeast Canada (Nov. 9).
Ralph Nader's Unsafe at Any Speed.
Birth of Tactor, Frido on 1965 in 'unk'
Marriage of Vauthier, Kenneth Charles and Stallcup, Mary Melissa on 2 Oct 1965 in 'Austin, Texas'
1966
Black teenagers riot in Watts, Los Angeles; two men killed and at least 25 injured (March 15).
Supreme Court decides Miranda v. Arizona.
Death of Boucher, James Allen "Al" on 1966 in 'Texas'
Death of Elliott, Mattie Gertrude "Patsy" on 26 Aug 1966 in 'Arlington, Tarrant Co.,TX.'
Death of Elliott, Mattie Gertrude "Patsy" on 26 Aug 1966 in 'Arlington, Tarrant Co.,TX.'
Death of Elliott, Charles Culbertson "Culbert" on 24 Dec 1966 in 'Arlington, Tarrant Co., TX.'
1967
Three Apollo astronauts Col. Virgil I. Grissom, Col. Edward White II, and Lt. Cmdr. Roger B. Chaffee killed in spacecraft fire during simulated launch (Jan. 27).
Biafra secedes from Nigeria (May 30).
Israeli and Arab forces battle; six-day war ends with Israel occupying Sinai Peninsula, Golan Heights, Gaza Strip, and east bank of Suez Canal (June 5).
Red China announces explosion of its first hydrogen bomb (June 17).
Racial violence in Detroit; 7,000 National Guardsmen aid police after night of rioting. Similar outbreaks occur in New York City's Spanish Harlem, Rochester, N.Y., Birmingham, Ala., and New Britain, Conn. (July 23).
Thurgood Marshall sworn in as first black U.S. Supreme Court justice (Oct. 2).
Dr. Christiaan N. Barnard and team of South African surgeons perform world's first successful human heart transplant (Dec. 3) patient dies 18 days later.
Birth of Friday, Haven Swint on 1967
Death of Ragland, Nancy Newton on 1967
Birth of Miller, Thomas Lee on 17 Mar 1967 in 'Seattle, Washington'
Death of Roberts, Adrian Leon on 12 Aug 1967 in 'Texas'
Birth of Walraven, Thomas on 17 Sep 1967 in 'Amsterdam, ? The Netherlands'
Marriage of Vauthier, George Ralph and Brandenberg, Evelyn Fay on 20 Nov 1967 in 'Honolulu, Hawaii'
Military service of Vauthier, George Ralph 1967 to 1968 Vietnam
( I have estimated these years, could be early 1968 to 1969, I do know he left for Vietnam after training in Hawaii )
1968
North Korea seizes U.S. Navy ship Pueblo; holds 83 on board as spies (Jan. 23).
Tet offensive, turning point in Vietnam war (Jan. - Feb.). My Lai massacre (March 16).
President Johnson announces he will not seek or accept presidential renomination (March 31). Martin Luther King, Jr., civil rights leader, is slain in Memphis (April 4) James Earl Ray, indicted in murder, captured in London on June 8. In 1969 Ray pleads guilty and is sentenced to 99 years.
Sen. Robert F. Kennedy is shot and critically wounded in Los Angeles hotel after winning California primary (June 5) dies June 6.
Sirhan B. Sirhan convicted 1969.
Czechoslovakia is invaded by Russians and Warsaw Pact forces to crush liberal regime (Aug. 20).
Death of Boucher, Roy on 1968
Birth of Vauthier, Justin Michael on 23 Nov 1968 in 'LaFayette, LaFayette Perish, Louisiana'
Birth of Forrest, Randall Hughes on 11 Dec 1968
Birth of Hardin, Stephanie Lynncricket on 29 Dec 1968 in 'Memphis, Tennessee'
1969
Richard M. Nixon is inaugurated 37th president of the U.S. (Jan. 20).
Stonewall riot in New York City marks beginning of gay rights movement (June 28).
Apollo 11 astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., and Michael Collins take man's first walk on moon (July 20).
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy pleads guilty to leaving scene of fatal accident at Chappaquiddick, Mass. (July 18), in which Mary Jo Kopechne was drowned gets two-month suspended sentence (July 25).
Woodstock Festival (Aug. 15 - 17).
Sesame Street debuts.
Internet (ARPA) goes online.
Death of Elliott, Nora Ella on 18 Feb 1969 in 'Phoenix, Maricopa Co., AZ.'
Death of Cline, Minnie on 07 Jun 1969 in 'Dublin, Erath Co., Texas'
Military service of Vauthier, Loyd Michael on 4 Aug 1969 to 4 Aug 1970 in 'Bihn Thuy AB, Vietinam'
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1970 - 1979 of the 20th Century
1970 - 1979
1970 - 1979
1970
Biafra surrenders after 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria (Jan. 15).
Rhodesia severs last tie with British crown and declares itself a racially segregated republic (March 1).
U.S. troops invade Cambodia (May 1).
Four students at Kent State University in Ohio slain by National Guardsmen at demonstration protesting incursion into Cambodia (May 4).
Senate repeals Gulf of Tonkin resolution (June 24).
Birth of McNinch, Marci on ca. 1970
Birth of Friday, Mona Lois on 1970
Birth of Boucher, Sharon Michelle on 1970 in 'Texas'
Death of Forrest, Bedford on 5 Jun 1970 in 'San Jose, Santa Clara Co., California'
Birth of Wood, Amy Delean on 22 Aug 1970 in 'Texas'
Birth of Miller-Smith, Michelle Yvonne on 5 Oct 1970 in 'Syracuse, New York'
Death of Hair, Hallie E on 10 Nov 1970 in 'Callahan Co., TX.'
Birth of Ramus, Venessa on 5 Dec 1970 in 'Chenooke, Montana'
Marriage of Adams III , Charles Dewitt and Vauthier, Barbara Sue on 07 Dec 1970 in 'Nueces Co., Texas'
1971
Supreme Court rules unanimously that busing of students may be ordered to achieve racial desegregation (April 20).
Anti-war militants attempt to disrupt government business in Washington (May 3) police and military units arrest as many as 12,000; most are later released.
Pentagon Papers published (June).
Twenty-sixth Amendment to U.S. Constitution lowers voting age to 18.
UN seats Communist China and expels Nationalist China (Oct. 25).
Death of Elliott, Willie Mae on 1 Mar 1971 in 'Callahan Co., TX.'
Marriage of Staton, Jerry Udell and Roberts, Marion Lou on 03 Apr 1971 in 'Texas'
Birth of Adams, Jennifer Reagan on 25 Jun 1971 in 'Austin, Texas'
Death of Choat, Mattie Isabelle on 6 Oct 1971 in 'Stephenville, Erath Co., Texas'
Marriage of Beukeboom, Antonius and Mesman, Marian B. on 20 Dec 1971 in 'Haarlemmermeer, The Nederlands'
1972
President Nixon makes unprecedented eight-day visit to Communist China and meets with Mao Zedong (Feb. 21 - 27).
Britain takes over direct rule of Northern Ireland in bid for peace (March 24).
Gov. George C. Wallace of Alabama is shot by Arthur H. Bremer at Laurel, Md., political rally (May 15).
Five men are apprehended by police in attempt to bug Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C.'s Watergate complex start of the Watergate scandal (June 17).
Supreme Court rules that death penalty is unconstitutional (June 29).
Eleven Israeli athletes at Olympic Games in Munich are killed after eight members of an Arab terrorist group invade Olympic Village; five guerrillas and one policeman are also killed (Sept. 5).
Christmas bombing of North Vietnam (Dec. 25).
Marriage of Howell, Doug and Farrell, Paula on ca 1972 in '? Washington'
Birth of Nichols, Michael (Mike) R. on 1972 in '? Texas or Louisiana'
Marriage of Casas Jr. , Elias Mireles and Vauthier, Silvia Ann on 14 Feb 1972 in 'San Patrico Co., Texas'
Birth of Casas, Elias Eduardo on 19 Mar 1972 in 'Eastland Co., Texas'
Death of Elliott, Mary Jane on 25 Nov 1972 in 'Nolan Co., Texas'
Marriage of Lacunes, William and Beukeboom, Gerda on 19 Dec 1972 in 'UNK'
Marriage of Beukeboom, Henk and Van Bijveld, Trudy on 27 Dec 1972 in 'Naarden, The Nederlands'
1973
Great Britain, Ireland, and Denmark enter European Economic Community (Jan. 1).
Supreme Court rules on Roe v. Wade (Jan. 22). Vietnam War ends with signing of peace pacts (Jan. 27).
Nixon, on national TV, accepts responsibility, but not blame, for Watergate; accepts resignations of advisers H. R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman, fires John W. Dean III as counsel (April 30).
Greek military junta abolishes monarchy and proclaims republic (June 1).
U.S. bombing of Cambodia ends, marking official halt to 12 years of combat activity in Southeast Asia (Aug. 15).
Chile's Marxist president, Salvadore Allende, is overthrown (Sept. 11).
Fourth and biggest Arab-Israeli conflict begins as Egyptian and Syrian forces attack Israel as Jews mark Yom Kippur, holiest day in their calendar (Oct. 6).
Spiro T. Agnew resigns as vice president and then, in federal court in Baltimore, pleads no contest to charges of evasion of income taxes on $29,500 he received in 1967, while governor of Maryland. He is fined $10,000 and put on three years' probation (Oct. 10).
In the Saturday Night Massacre, Nixon fires special Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox and Deputy Attorney General William D. Ruckelshaus; Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson resigns (Oct. 20).
Egypt and Israel sign U.S.-sponsored cease-fire accord (Nov. 11).
Duke Ellington's autobiography, Music Is My Mistress, is published.
Birth of Howell, Derrek on 1973
Birth of Beukeboom, Arjan on 15 Aug 1973 in 'Hilversum, the Netherlands'
1974
Patricia Hearst, 19-year-old daughter of publisher Randolph Hearst, kidnapped by Symbionese Liberation Army (Feb. 5).
House Judiciary Committee adopts three articles of impeachment charging President Nixon with obstruction of justice, failure to uphold laws, and refusal to produce material subpoenaed by the committee (July 30).
Richard M. Nixon announces he will resign the next day, the first president to do so (Aug. 8).
Vice President Gerald R. Ford of Michigan is sworn in as 38th president of the U.S. (Aug. 9).
Ford grants full, free, and absolute pardon to ex-president Nixon (Sept. 8).
Birth of Howell, Rachel on 1974
Birth of Vauthier, Mary Kathrine on 9 Jan 1974 in 'Dallas, Texas'
Marriage of Vauthier, Loyd Michael and Cottrell, Sally Jo on 19 Apr 1974 in 'Conway, Horry Co., South Carolina'
Birth of Harrell, Christopher on 26 Oct 1974 in 'Texas'
1975
John N. Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman found guilty of Watergate cover-up (Jan. 1); sentenced to 30 months to 8 years in jail (Feb. 21).
Pol Pot and Khmer Rouge take over Cambodia (April).
American merchant ship Mayaguez, seized by Cambodian forces, is rescued in operation by U.S. Navy and Marines, 38 of whom are killed (May 15).
Apollo and Soyuz spacecraft take off for U.S.-Soviet link-up in space (July 15).
President Ford escapes assassination attempt in Sacramento, Calif. (Sept. 5).
President Ford escapes second assassination attempt in 17 days (Sept. 22).
Birth of McNinch, Mark William on ca. 1975
Death of Baggett, Sallie on 26 Jan 1975 in 'Shackelford Co., TX'
Birth of Staton, Shelly Ann on 04 Feb 1975 in 'Texas'
Death of Vauthier, Millard Monroe on 27 Mar 1975 in 'Harbin, Texas'
Death of Vauthier, Maggie Florance on 27 Mar 1975 in 'Texas'
Death of Alexander, Kay Cline on 8 Apr 1975
Birth of Casas, Elisha Ann on 11 Apr 1975 in 'Austin, Travis Co., Texas'
Birth of Beukeboom, Jannette on 23 Jul 1975
Birth of Beukeboom, Kim on 23 Jul 1975
Twins
Birth of Vauthier, Jason Ralph on 23 Jul 1975 in 'Corpus Christi, Nueces Co., Texas'
Birth of Farr, Heather Elaine on 31 Oct 1975
Birth of Hyman, Zoe on 31 Dec 1975 in 'Baarn, Province Utrecht, The Netherlands'
Death of Devenny, Leo on ca 1975
1976
Supreme Court rules that blacks and other minorities are entitled to retroactive job seniority (March 24).
Ford signs Federal Election Campaign Act (May 11).
Supreme Court rules that death penalty is not inherently cruel or unusual and is a constitutionally acceptable form of punishment (July 3).
Nation celebrates bicentennial (July 4).
Israeli airborne commandos attack Uganda's Entebbe Airport and free 103 hostages held by pro-Palestinian hijackers of Air France plane; one Israeli and several Ugandan soldiers killed in raid (July 4).
Mysterious disease that eventually claims 29 lives strikes American Legion convention in Philadelphia (Aug. 4).
Jimmy Carter elected U.S. president (Nov. 2).
Birth of Parker, Daniel E. on 1976 in 'Dublin, Erath Co., Texas'
Death of Cannon, William Wood on 3 Mar 1976 in 'Yoakum, Lavaca Co., Texas'
Birth of Vauthier, John Michael on 23 Mar 1976 in 'Myrtle Beach, South Carolina'
Birth of Beukeboom, Esther on 23 May 1976 in 'Baarn, The Netherlands'
v Death of Elliott, Franklin "Frank" Leonard on 16 Aug 1976 in 'Portales, Roosevelt Co., NM.'
Birth of Wilson, Barry on 15 Oct 1976 in 'Texas'
1977
First woman Episcopal priest ordained (Jan. 1).
Scientists identify previously unknown bacterium as cause of mysterious legionnaire's disease (Jan. 18).
Carter pardons Vietnam draft evaders (Jan. 21).
Scientists report using bacteria in lab to make insulin (May 23).
Supreme Court rules that states are not required to spend Medicaid funds on elective abortions (June 20).
Deng Xiaoping, purged Chinese leader, restored to power as Gang of Four is expelled from Communist Party (July 22).
South African activist Stephen Biko dies in police custody (Sept. 12).
Nuclear-proliferation pact, curbing spread of nuclear weapons, signed by 15 countries, including U.S. and USSR (Sept. 21).
Death of Elliott, Lillie Rose on 9 Jun 1977 in 'Bartlett, Bell Co., TX.'
Birth of Vauthier, Kenneth Arthur on 7 Sep 1977 in 'Wiesbuanden, (Texas Birth Right) Germany'
Birth of Farr, Justin Lane on 20 Dec 1977
1978
President chooses Federal Appeals Court Judge William H. Webster as F.B.I. Director (Jan. 19).
Rhodesia's prime minister Ian D. Smith and three black leaders agree on transfer to black majority rule (Feb. 15).
U.S. Senate approves Panama Canal neutrality treaty (March 16); votes treaty to turn canal over to Panama by year 2000 (April 18).
Former Italian premier Aldo Moro kidnapped by left wing terrorists, who kill five bodyguards (March 16); he is found slain (May 9).
Californians in referendum approve Proposition 13 for nearly 60% slash in property tax revenues (June 6).
Supreme Court, in Bakke case, bars quota systems in college admissions but affirms constitutionality of programs giving advantage to minorities (June 28).
Pope Paul VI, dead at 80, mourned (Aug. 6); new Pope, John Paul I, 65, dies unexpectedly after 34 days in office (Sept. 28); succeeded by Karol Cardinal Wojtyla of Poland as John Paul II (Oct. 16).
Framework for Peace in Middle East signed by Egypt's president Anwar Sadat and Israeli premier Menachem Begin after 13-day conference at Camp David led by President Carter (Sept. 17).
Jim Jones's followers commit mass suicide in Jonestown, Guyana (Nov. 18).
Death of De Ruijter, Hendrike on 16 Jan 1978 in 'The Netherlands'
Birth of Hyman, Benjamin on 2 Feb 1978 in 'Baarn, Province of Utrecht, The Netherlands'
Birth of De Ruijter, Jeroen Hendrik on 13 Mar 1978
Birth of Brown, Natalie on 12 Jun 1978 in 'Texas'
Death of Vauthier, Maria Euphrasie on 16 Jun 1978 in 'Taylor, Texas'
Birth of Wood, Hunter Roberts on 22 Jun 1978 in 'Texas'
1979
Oil spills pollute ocean waters in Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico (Jan. 1, June 8, July 21).
Ohio agrees to pay $675,000 to families of dead and injured in Kent State University shootings (Jan. 4).
Vietnam and Vietnam-backed Cambodian insurgents announce fall of Phnom Penh, Cambodian capital, and collapse of Pol Pot regime (Jan. 7).
Shah leaves Iran after year of turmoil (Jan. 16); revolutionary forces under Muslim leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, take over (Feb. 1 et seq.).
Nuclear power plant accident at Three Mile Island, Pa., releases radiation (March 28).
Conservatives win British election; Margaret Thatcher new prime minister (May 3).
Carter and Brezhnev sign SALT II agreement (June 14).
Nicaraguan president Gen. Anastasio Somoza Debayle resigns and flees to Miami (July 17); Sandinistas form government (July 19).
Earl Mountbatten of Burma, 79, British World War II hero, and three others killed by blast on fishing boat off Irish coast (Aug. 27); two I.R.A. members accused (Aug. 30).
Iranian militants seize U.S. embassy in Tehran and hold hostages (Nov. 4). Soviet invasion of Afghanistan stirs world protests (Dec. 27).
Birth of McNinch, Jason Paul on ca. 1979
Birth of Vauthier, Sharon Melissa on 2 Jun 1979 in 'Corpus Christi, Nueces Co.,Texas'
Death of Forrest, Olan Charles on 20 Aug 1979
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1980 - 1989 of the 20th Century
1980 - 1989
1980 - 1989
1980
Six U.S. embassy aides escape from Iran with Canadian help (Jan. 29).
F.B.I.'s undercover operation Abscam (for Arab scam) implicates public officials (Feb. 2).
U.S. breaks diplomatic ties with Iran (April 7).
Eight U.S. servicemen are killed and five are injured as helicopter and cargo plane collide in abortive desert raid to rescue American hostages in Tehran (April 25).
Supreme Court upholds limits on federal aid for abortions (June 30).
Shah of Iran dies at 60 (July 27).
Anastasio Somoza Debayle, ousted Nicaragua ruler, and two aides assassinated in Asuncion, Paraguay capital (Sept. 17).
Iraq troops hold 90 square miles of Iran after invasion; 8-year Iran-Iraq war begins (Sept. 19).
Ronald Reagan elected president in Republican sweep (Nov. 4).
Three U.S. nuns and lay worker found shot in El Salvador (Dec. 4).
John Lennon of the Beatles shot dead in New York City (Dec. 8).
Smallpox eradicated.
Birth of Hinckley, Emily Rose on 28 Jun 1980 in 'Travis Co., Texas'
Birth of Stewart, Chantel on 21 Oct 1980 in 'Montana'
Birth of Womelsdorf, Anthony on 24 Oct 1980
1981
Ronald Reagan takes oath as 40th president (Jan. 20).
U.S.-Iran agreement frees 52 hostages held in Tehran since 1979 (Jan. 20); hostages welcomed back in U.S. (Jan. 25).
President Reagan wounded by gunman, with press secretary and two law-enforcement officers (March 30).
Pope John Paul II wounded by gunman (May 14).
Reagan nominates Judge Sandra Day O'Connor, 51, of Arizona, as first woman on Supreme Court (July 7).
More than 110 die in collapse of aerial walkways in lobby of Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City; 188 injured (July 18).
Air controllers strike, disrupting flights (Aug. 3); government dismisses strikers (Aug. 11).
AIDS is first identified.
Marriage of Hinckley, Michael Scott and Vauthier, Silvia Ann on 19 Jan 1981 in 'Travis Co., Texas'
Death of McMath, John E on 11 Jul 1981 in 'Phoenix, Maricopa Co., AZ.'
Birth of De Ruijter, Saunder Teunis on 11 Dec 1981 in 'TheNetherlands'
1982
British overcome Argentina in Falklands war (April 2 - June 15).
Israel invades Lebanon in attack on P.L.O. (June 4).
John W. Hinckley, Jr., found not guilty because of insanity in shooting of President Reagan (June 21).
Alexander M. Haig, Jr., resigns as secretary of state (June 25).
Equal Rights Amendment fails ratification (June 30).
Princess Grace, 52, dies of injuries when car plunges off mountain road; daughter Stephanie, 17, suffers serious injuries (Sept. 14).
Lebanese Christian Phalangists kill hundreds of people in two Palestinian refugee camps in West Beirut (Sept. 15).
Leonid Brezhnev, Soviet leader, dies at 75 (Nov. 10).
Yuri V. Andropov, 68, chosen as successor (Nov. 15).
Permanent artificial heart implanted in human for first time in Dr. Barney B. Clark, 61, at University of Utah Medical Center in Salt Lake City (Dec. 2).
Marriage of Roberts, Charles Leon and Williams, Kimberly Ann on 06 Jan 1982 in 'Texas'
Death of Ragland, George Wallace on 15 Jan 1982 in 'Corpus Christi, Texas'
Birth of Hinckley, James Charles on 21 May 1982 in 'Ector Co., Texas'
Birth of Brooks, Elizabeth Ann on 04 Jun 1982
Birth of Rasberry, Amanda Kate on 13 Oct 1982
Birth of Hall, Shane Neal on 13 Nov 1982
1983
Pope John Paul II signs new Roman Catholic code incorporating changes brought about by Second Vatican Council (Jan. 25).
Second space shuttle, Challenger, makes successful maiden voyage, which includes the first U.S. space walk in nine years (April 4).
U.S. Supreme Court declares many local abortion restrictions unconstitutional (June 15).
Sally K. Ride, 32, first U.S. woman astronaut in space as a crew member aboard space shuttle Challenger (June 18).
U.S. admits shielding former Nazi Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie, 69, the butcher of Lyon, wanted in France for war crimes (Aug. 15).
Benigno S. Aquino, Jr., 50, political rival of Philippines president Marcos, slain in Manila (Aug. 21).
South Korean Boeing 747 jetliner bound for Seoul apparently strays into Soviet airspace and is shot down by a Soviet SU-15 fighter after it had tracked the airliner for two hours; all 269 aboard are killed, including 61 Americans (Aug. 30).
Terrorist explosion kills 237 U.S. Marines in Beirut (Oct. 23).
U.S. and Caribbean allies invade Grenada (Oct. 25).
Death of Elliott, Ray A on 12 Jan 1983 in 'Taylor Co., TX.'
Birth of Hinckley, John Thomas on 30 Aug 1983 in 'Ector Co., Texas'
Birth of Staton, Evan Thomas on 02 Oct 1983 in 'Texas'
1984
Bell System broken up (Jan. 1).
France gets first deliveries of Soviet natural gas (Jan. 1).
Syria frees captured U.S. Navy pilot, Lieut. Robert C. Goodman, Jr. (Jan. 3).
U.S. and Vatican exchange diplomats after 116-year hiatus (Jan. 10).
Reagan orders U.S. Marines withdrawn from Beirut international peacekeeping force (Feb. 7).
Yuri V. Andropov dies at 69; Konstantin U. Chernenko, 72, named Soviet Union leader (Feb. 9).
Italy and Vatican agree to end Roman Catholicism as state religion (Feb. 18).
Reagan ends U.S. role in Beirut by relieving Sixth Fleet from peacekeeping force (March 30).
Congress rebukes President Reagan on use of federal funds for mining Nicaraguan harbors (April 10).
Soviet Union withdraws from summer Olympic games in U.S., and other bloc nations follow (May 7 et seq.).
Jose Napoleon Duarte, moderate, elected president
1862 - 1879
1870 - 1879
1870
Franco-Prussian War (to 1871): Napoleon III capitulates at Sedan.
Revolt in Paris; Third Republic proclaimed.
Birth of Watson, Thomas Mitchell on ca. 1870
Marriage of Poe, William and Elliott, Roann W on 1870/1873
Birth of Meeks, John Franklin on ca. 1870
Birth of Andrews, Nancy (Nana or Nannie) on 1870 in 'Arkansas'
Birth of Boucher, John Thomas "Tom" on 1870 in 'Texas'
Birth of Ragland, Charles Burton on 1870
Birth of Whitworth, David T "Davie" on 26 Feb 1870 in 'Texas'
Birth of Phillips, Julia Ann on Mar 1870 in 'Prairieville, Kaufman Co., TX.'
Death of Elliott, Wiliam Dudley on 7 Sep 1870 in 'Kenp, Kaufman Co. Texas'
Birth of Sublett, Cora Adelia on 29 Oct 1870 in 'Tarrant Co., Texas'
Birth of Ragland, Lola on 17 Nov 1870 in 'Tennessee'
Birth of Ragland, Lula on 17 Nov 1870 in 'Tennessee'
Birth of Elliott, Isaac L "Ike" on 19 Nov 1870 in 'Brown Co., Texas'
1871
France surrenders Alsace-Lorraine to Germany; war ends.
German Empire proclaimed with Prussian King as Kaiser Wilhelm I.
Fighting with Apaches begins in American West.
Boss Tweed corruption exposed in New York.
The Chicago Fire, with 250 deaths and $196-million damage.
Stanley meets Livingstone in Africa.
Death of Friday, Lucindy on 1871
Death of Elliott, Sarah J on 23 Feb 1871 in 'Tarrant Co., TX.'
Marriage of McCarthy, William and Polen, Penina on 27 Jul 1871 in 'Uvalde Co., Texas'
Birth of Hurt, Bertha M on 18 Oct 1871 in 'Hunt Co., Texas'
1872
Congress gives amnesty to most Confederates.
Jules Verne's Around the World in 80 Days.
Death of Cline, David A on 1872 in 'Gilmer County, Georgia'
Marriage of McCoy Sr. , Thomas and Elliott, Emily Caroline on ca. 1872 in 'Tarrant Co., Texas'
Birth of Meeks, William Thomas "Tom" on ca. 1872
Birth of Phillips, Margaret Eliza on Mar 1872 in 'Prairieville, Kaufman Co., TX.'
Birth of Friday, John W on Apr 1872 in 'Uvalde Co., Texas'
Death of Elliott, John Hinton "Jack" on 1 Apr 1872 in 'Old Homestead near Johnson Station, Tarrant Co.,Texas'
Birth of Elliott, Mary Elizabeth on 6 Sep 1872 in 'Brown Co., TX.'
Birth of Ragland, Joseph Hardin on 16 Nov 1872 in 'Hunt Co., Texas'
1873
Economic crisis in Europe.
U.S. establishes gold standard.
Birth of Roy, Mary Sue on bef 1873
Birth of Roy, Robert E L on bef 1873
Marriage of Elliott, Jason Pierpont and Jopling, Francis "Frannie" on ca. 1873 in 'Tarrant Co., Texas'
Death of Elliott, Sarah Jane on 1873
Birth of Andrews, Viola (Ola) on 1873
Death of Ferguson, Samantha L on 1873
Birth of Watson, Albert Harvey on 1873 in 'Tarrant Co., Texas'
Birth of Andrews, Viola "Ola" on 1873 in 'Arkansas'
Birth of Friday, Louis Stephen on 3 jan 1873 in 'Stephenville, Erath Co., Texas'
Birth of Elliott, James Washington on 5 Jan 1873 in 'Texas'
Birth of Choat, Robert C on 4 Mar 1873 in 'Tarrant Co., Texas'
Birth of Watson, Mary E on 8 Jul 1873 in 'Alabama'
Death of Watson, Mary E on 27 Jul 1873 in 'Tarrant Co., Texas'
Birth of McCarty, Susan Katherine "Kittie" on 25 Sep 1873
Birth of Elliott, Mattie A on 15 Dec 1873 in 'Brown Co., Texas'
Birth of Roy, John C on 17 Dec 1873 in 'Texas'
Birth of Elliott, Elizabeth on ca. 1874
Birth of Phillips, Georgia Louisa on ca. 1874
Birth of Ragland, Fannie May on 1874
Death of Ragland, Fannie May on 1874
Birth of Meeks, Henry Edgar on 1874 in 'Texas'
Birth of Boucher, Lucy on 1874 in 'Texas'
Birth of Unk wife of D T Whitworth, Anne J "Annie" on 10 Feb 1874 in 'Texas'
Birth of Ragland, Gaston W on 15 Apr 1874 in 'Hunt Co., Texas'
Birth of Hurt, Joel (3) Albert on 18 Jul 1874 in 'Hunt Co., Texas'
Marriage of Dalton, John Westley and Grimsley, Elizabeth Abagail "Eliza" on 17 Sep 1874 in 'Tarrant Co., Texas'
1875
First Kentucky Derby.
Marriage of Elliott Sr. , Robert Alexander and Jones, Mary M on 1875 in 'Tarrant Co., TX'
Birth of Elliott, Casstera "Tera" on ca. 1875'
Birth of Ragland, Clarence Francis on 1875
Death of McCarthy, William on 1875 in 'Texas'
Marriage of Elliott, John M and Russell, Sarah Jane "Sally" on 21 Jan 1875 in 'Tarrant Co., Texas'
Death of Dalton, Susie "Sue" on 7 Mar 1875 in 'Arlington, Tarrant Co., Texas'
Birth of Choat, Mattie Isabelle on 13 Mar 1875 in 'Tarrant Co., Texas'
Birth of Friday, Robert Frank on Jul 1875 in 'Uvalde Co., Texas'
Death of Roy, John C on 23 Sep 1875 in 'Texas'
Birth of Ragland, Mary E. (Etter?) on 15 Oct 1875 in 'Hunt Co., Texas'
Marriage of Wallace, Finis R "Fine" and Elliott, Martha Ellen on 28 Oct 1875 in 'Tarrant Co., Texas'
1876
Sioux kill Gen. George A. Custer and 264 troopers at Little Big Horn River.
Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone.
Birth of Meeks, James on ca. 1876
Birth of Andrews, Lucy on 1876 in 'Arkansas'
Death of Choat, Isom on 31 Jan 1876 in 'Missouri ?'
Birth of Elliott, Bonaparte T "Bonie" on 23 Mar 1876 in 'Brown Co., TX.'
Marriage of Hawkins, Charles Harvey and Meek, Jane on 3 May 1876 in 'Tarrant Co. Texas'
Birth of Phillips, Mary Zulema on 7 May 1876 in 'Prairieville, Kaufman Co., Texas'
Birth of Cline, Luther Colquit on 31 Jul 1876 in 'Canton, Georgia'
Birth of Forrest, Alverson Bedford on 10 Sep 1876 in 'Hill Co., Texas'
Marriage of Elliott, Albert Gayle and Senters, Jane on 24 Sep 1876 in 'Tarrant Co.,Texas'
Birth of Hurt, William F on 15 Oct 1876 in 'Hunt Co., Texas'
1877
After presidential election of 1876, electoral commission gives disputed electoral college votes to Rutherford B. Hayes despite Tilden's popular majority. Russo-Turkish war (ends in 1878 with power of Turkey in Europe broken).
Reconstruction ends in the American South.
Thomas Edison patents phonograph.
The Nez Perce leader Chief Joseph is forced to surrender.
Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake.
Marriage of Smith, George W. and Watson, Louisa Jane "Jennie" on Bef. 1877 in 'Texas'
Birth of Ragland, Ernest Murray on 1877
Birth of Elliott, Benjamin on 1877 in 'Tarrant Co., Texas'
Birth of Friday, Julius Hugh on 1877 in 'Uvalde Co., Texas'
Death of Ragland, Clarence Francis on 1877
Birth of Choat, Alice Rebecca on 03 Jul 1877 in 'Erath Co., Texas'
Death of Elliott, Mary Louisa on 14 Jul 1877 in 'Johnson Station, Tarrant Co., TX.'
Birth of Elliott, Mary Jane on Sep 1877 in 'Tarrant Co., Texas'
Marriage of Hawkins, Samual Elliot and Johnson, Mary Jane on 10 Oct 1877 in 'Tarrant Co., TX.'
Birth of Ragland, Fannie B on 16 Nov 1877 in 'Hunt Co., Texas'
1878
Congress of Berlin revises Treaty of San Stefano, ending Russo-Turkish War; makes extensive redivision of southeast Europe.
First commercial telephone exchange opened in New Haven, Conn.
Birth of Roy, Charles William on bef 1878 in 'Texas'
Death of Cartwright, Mary on 1878
Marriage of Vauthier, Charles Vincent and England, Amanda Virginia ("Nancy J.") on 1878 in 'Arkansas or Missouri'
Death of Clark, Agnes A on 1878 in 'Lebanon, Wilson Co., Tennessee'
Death of Burton, Ann on 1878
Birth of Elliott, Katherine S "Katie" on ca. 1878
Birth of Elliott, Robert Berton "Bert" on ca. 1878
Death of Burton, Ann on 1878
Birth of Elliott, Rennie B on 28 Mar 1878 in 'Shackelford Co., TX.'
Birth of McMath, Archelous G "Arch" on 29 Mar 1878 in 'Chatanooga, TN.'
Birth of Morris, Lola Prudence on 18 Jun 1878 in 'Williamson Co., TX.'
Birth of Roy, Polk Grove on Aug 1878 in 'Texas'
Death of Elliott, Roann W on 19 Oct 1878 in 'Tarrant Co., Texas'
Death of Hurt, William F on 25 Oct 1878
Birth of Hurt, Mary Susan on 5 Nov 1878 in 'Hunt Co., Texas'
1879
Thomas A. Edison invents practical electric light.
Death of Elliott, Benjamin on ca. 1879 in 'Wise Co., Texas'
Death of Ragland, Harriet on 1879 in 'Wilson Co., Tennessee'
Birth of Cline, Alice L on 1879 in 'Clayton, Cherokee Co., Georgia'
Birth of Elliott, Herman David on ca. 1879
Marriage of Elliott, Robert Mitchel and Smith, Martha Caroline on 17 May 1879 in 'Belle Plains, Callahan Co., TX'
Birth of Choat, George Tillman (3) on 23 Jun 1879 in 'Erath Co., Texas'
Death of Hurt, Bertha M on 17 Jul 1879
Birth of Forrest, Francis Marion on Sep 1879 in 'Hill Co., Texas'
Birth of Baggett, Sallie on 30 Sep 1879 in 'Wood Station, GA.'
Birth of Elliott, Nora Ella on 4 Nov 1879 in 'Shackelford Co., TX.'
Marriage of Elliott Sr. , Joseph Alexander and Collins, Eliza Maxwell on 11 Dec 1879 in 'Tarrant Co., Texas'
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1880 - 1899
1880 - 1889
1880
U.S.-China treaty allows U.S. to restrict immigration of Chinese labor.
Birth of Elliott, Mollie on bef 1880
Death of Whitworth, Thomas C?J? on ca. 1880 in 'Texas'
Birth of Bartlett, Effie D on 1880 in 'Texas?'
Death of Phillips, Mary Zulema on 1880
Death of Phillips, Margaret Eliza on 1880 in 'Texas'
Death of Phillips, Julia Ann on 1880 in 'Kaufman Co., Texas'
Death of Phillips, James Washington on 1880 in 'Kaufman Co., Texas'
Death of Friday II , Godfrey on ca. 1880 in 'Waldo, Columbia'
Birth of Ragland, Mary Butler on 1880
Birth of Elliott, Mattie Lu on May 1880 in 'Crossplains, Callahan Co., TX'
Birth of Grinstead, Byron on May 1880 in 'Virginia'
Birth of Elliott, William Edward on 17 May 1880 in 'Arlington, Tarrant Co., Texas'
Birth of Hair, Hallie E on 18 Dec 1880 in 'Texas'
1881
President Garfield fatally shot by assassin; Vice President Arthur succeeds him.
Charles J. Guiteau convicted and executed (1882).
Death of Friday, Hinton on AFT 1881 in 'South Carolina'
Birth of Dalton, James Edgar on BEF 1881
Death of Edwards, William A on 1881 in 'Wilson Co., Tennessee'
Birth of Dalton, John Henry on BEF 1881
Birth of Dalton, Ector Lee on BEF 1881
Death of Elliott, Richardson "Dick" Mitchell on 1881 in 'Tarrant Co. Texas'
Marriage of Elliott, Charles Edward "Ed" and Sublett, Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" on 3 Feb 1881 in 'Tarrant Co., Texas'
Death of Cornelison, Garrett on 01 Mar 1881 in 'Canton, Cherokee Co., Georgia'
Birth of Choat, Arthur (2) on 11 Apr 1881 in 'Erath Co., Texas'
Birth of Elliott, Minnie Sue on 23 May 1881 in 'Johnson Station, Tarrant Co.,TX.'
Birth of Elliott Sr. , Aaron Burr on 27 Jul 1881 in 'Shackelford Co., TX.'
Birth of Dalton, Oscar Allen on 27 Aug 1881 in 'Tarrant Co., TX.'
Birth of Elliott, Joseph H on 17 Dec 1881 in 'Arlington, Tarrant Co., Texas'
1882
Terrorism in Ireland after land evictions.
Britain invades and conquers Egypt.
Germany, Austria, and Italy form Triple Alliance. In U.S., Congress adopts Chinese Exclusion Act.
Rockefeller's Standard Oil Trust is first industrial monopoly.
In Berlin, Robert Koch announces discovery of tuberculosis germ.
Birth of Elliott, William Albert on ca. 1882
Death of Ragland, Hardin on 1882 in 'Lebanon, Wilson Co., Tennessee'
Birth of Chambers, Minnie on 1882/1886 in 'Johnson Co., TX.'
Birth of Hawkins, Ada M on ca. 1882
Birth of Ragland, Thomas Harvey on 1882
Birth of Elliott, Emma on ca. 1882
Birth of Vauthier, Maria Euphrasie on 15 Feb 1882 in 'Little Rock, Pulaski Co., Arkansas'
Birth of Vauthier, Charles Albert on 00 Jun 1882 in 'Dunkin County, Missouri'
Death of Cagle, Martha on 10 Jun 1882 in 'Canton, Cherokee Co., Georgia'
Birth of Phillips, Adelia on 30 Aug 1882 in 'Prairieville, Kaufman Co., TX.'
Death of Elliott, Mattie Lu on 22 Sep 1882 in 'Crossplains, Callahan Co., TX.'
Death of Elliott, Minnie Sue on 14 Oct 1882 in 'Arlington, Tarrant Co.,TX.'
Birth of Hurt, Chester O on 21 Oct 1882 in 'Hunt Co., Texas'
Death of Dalton, Oscar Allen on 29 Oct 1882 in 'Tarrant Co., Texas'
Birth of Hammond, Hoy on ca. Oct 1882 in 'Pennsylvania'
Birth of Elliott, Arthur M on 16 Nov 1882 in 'Van Zandt Co., Texas'
1883
Congress creates Civil Service Commission.
Brooklyn Bridge and Metropolitan Opera House completed.
Death of Friday, Jeptha Jackson on 1883
Birth of Unk, Billie on 1883
Death of Duncan, Martha Jane on 29 Jan 1883 in 'Hunt Co., Texas'
Birth of Choat, Eva Mae on 14 Feb 1883 in 'Dublin (near), Texas'
Marriage of Stockton, Wilce and Stewart, Emma Aramintha on 22 Feb 1883
Birth of Elliott, Joseph "Joe" Andrew Neal on 12 Mar 1883 in 'Texas'
Birth of Friday, Lonnie on Jul 1883 in 'Uvalde Co., Texas'
Birth of Dalton, Connie Gill on 21 Aug 1883 in 'Tarrant Co., TX.'
Death of Hurt, Robert M on 07 Oct 1883
Birth of Cline, Ethel on Nov 1883 in 'Clayton, Cherokee Co., Georgia'
Death of Elliott, Susan Jane on 4 Dec 1883 in 'Tarrant Co., TX.'
1884
Berlin West Africa Conference held in Berlin (lasting until Feb. 1885), at which the major European nations discuss expansion in Africa.
Birth of Elliott, Cora May on ca. 1884
Marriage of (null) and (null) on ca.1884 in 'Uvalde Co., Texas'
Birth of Hawkins, Susan Emma on ca. 1884
Death of Ragland, Thomas Harvey on 1884
Birth of Elliott, Minnie Ola on ca. 1884
Death of Dalton, Connie Gill on 16 Jan 1884 in 'Tarrant Co., TX'
Birth of Vauthier, Just Arthur on 12 Jun 1884 in 'Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas'
Birth of Elliott, Gerth Sublett on 4 Jul 1884 in 'Tarrant Co., TX. '
Birth of Slaughter, Henry J on Sep 1884 in 'Texas'
Death of Choat, Arthur (2) on 23 Oct 1884 in 'Erath Co., Texas'
1885
British general Charles G. Gordon killed at Khartoum in Egyptian Sudan.
World's first skyscraper built in Chicago.
Birth of Ragland, Martha Hughes on 1885
Death of Ragland, Agnes S on 1885 in 'Wilson Co., Tennessee'
Death of Jones, Amelia A on 1885 in 'Lebanon, Wilson Co., Tennessee'
Birth of Choat, Sammual R on 29 Jan 1885 in 'Erath Co., Texas'
Death of Friday, Anderson T on 14 May 1885 in 'Edgefield, South Carolina'
Birth of Elliott, Lillie Rose on 7 Oct 1885 in 'Texas'
Birth of Elliott, William "Will" Ross on 7 Oct 1885 in 'Moran, Shackelford Co., TX.'
1886
Bombing at Haymarket Square, Chicago, kills seven policemen and injures many others.
Eight alleged anarchists accused, three imprisoned, one commits suicide, four hanged.
(In 1893, Illinois governor Altgeld, critical of trial, pardons three survivors.)
Statue of Liberty dedicated.
Geronimo, Apache Indian chief, surrenders.
Death of Ragland, Harriet H on 1886 in 'Wilson Co., Tennessee'
Death of Poe, William on 1886 in 'Texas'
Birth of Hawkins, Harriett E "Hattie" on ca. 1886
Birth of Elliott, Willie Mae on Jan 1886
Marriage of Boucher, James Monroe and Friday, Sphronia E. on ca.1886 in 'Uvalde Co., Texas'
Birth of Elliott, Donie Callie on ca. 1886
Birth of Elliott, Vester Lou on ca. 1886
Marriage of Ragland, John David and Hurt, Minnie Belle on 12 Jan 1886 in 'Hunt, Texas'
Birth of Cline, Minnie on 15 Feb 1886 in 'Dublin, Erath Co., Texas'
Death of Elliott, Martha Ellen on 17 Apr 1886 in 'Johnson Station, Tarrant Co., TX'
Marriage of Elliott Jr. , Robert "Bob" Alexander and Sublett, Sarah A "Sadie" on 24 Aug 1886 in 'Tarrant Co., TX'
Birth of Boucher, Alta Josephine on 15 Sep 1886 in 'Unk, Bandera County, Texas'
1887
Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's first Sherlock Holmes story, A Study in Scarlet.
Birth of Roy, Laura B on bef 1887
Birth of Wallace, Sally A on bef 1887
Birth of Wallace, Walter V on bef 1887
Birth of Roy, Mattie on bef 1887 in 'Texas'
Birth of Roy, Joe Burney on bef 1887 in 'Texas'
Birth of Wallace, Jason Mahoney on ca. 1887 in 'Texas'
Birth of Dalton, Mary Myrtle on BEF 1887
Birth of Dalton, George Remer on 23 Feb 1887 in 'Tarrant Co., TX'
Birth of Elliott, Mattie Gertrude "Patsy" on 11 Mar 1887 in 'Johnson Station, Tarrant Co.,TX.'
Birth of Elliott, Mattie Gertrude "Patsy" on 11 Mar 1887 in 'Johnson Station, Tarrant Co.,TX'
Birth of Boucher, Lola Ellen on May 1887 in 'Texas'
Birth of Roy, Sul Ross on Jun 1887 in 'Texas'
Birth of Barron, Roscoe Blaine on 26 Jun 1887 in 'Texas'
Birth of Vauthier, Maggie Florance on 30 Jun 1887
Death of Elliott, Gerth Sublett on 14 Oct 1887 in 'Tarrant Co., TX'
Marriage of Parker, James H and Watson, Louisa Jane "Jennie" on Aft 1887 in 'Texas'
1888
Historic March blizzard in northeast U.S. many perish, property damage exceeds $25 million.
George Eastman's box camera (the Kodak).
J. B. Dunlop invents pneumatic tire.
Jack the Ripper murders in London.
Birth of Unk wife C W Dalton, Ola M on 1888
Birth of Hawkins, Harvey Doke on ca. 1888
Birth of Elliott, Edgar "Edd" on ca. 1888
Death of Tucker, Margaret Adaline on 1888 in 'Walton Co., Georgia'
Birth of Elliott, Ruthie Dee on ca. 1888
Death of Friday, George W on ca. 1888
Birth of Elliott, Franklin "Frank" Leonard on 18 Nov 1888 in 'Shackleford Co., TX.'
1889
Second (Socialist) International founded in Paris.
Indian Territory in Oklahoma opened to settlement.
Thousands die in Johnstown, Pa. flood.
Eiffel Tower built for the Paris exposition.
Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.
Death of Butler, Lizzie L on 1889
Death of Maggard, Sarah "Sallie" on 1889
Marriage of Sublett, J. H. and Elliott, Lydia A.C. on 27 Jan 1889 in 'Tarrant Co., Texas'
Birth of Choat, Allen Morgan on 04 Feb 1889 in 'Erath Co., Texas'
Death of Elliott, Amanda Catherine on 22 Mar 1889 in 'Tarrant Co., TX.'
Death of Baker, Sarah Elizabeth "Sallie" on 11 Jul 1889 in 'Old Homestead near Johnson Station, Tarrant Co.,Texas'
Birth of Boucher, James Allen "Al" on Nov 1889 in 'Texas'
Death of Dalton, George Remer on 18 Nov 1889 in 'Tarrant Co., TX.'
Birth of Elliott, Benton Randolph on 17 Dec 1889 in 'Arlington, Tarrant Co., Texas'
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1890
Congress votes to pass Sherman Antitrust Act.
Sioux chief Sitting Bull arrested and killed by police on Pine Ridge reservation; two weeks later, U.S. troops kill over 200 Sioux at Battle of Wounded Knee.
Birth of Dalton, Jessie Otis on BEF 1890
Death of Dalton, G W on 1890 in 'Texas'
Birth of Elliott, Eula on ca. 1890
Birth of Ragland, Nancy Newton on 1890
Birth of Hair, Jessie Cornelia on 17 Mar 1890 in 'Shackelford Co., TX.'
Birth of Greeson, William David on 30 Mar 1890 in 'Amity, Clark Co., Arkansas'
Birth of Cline, Everett on Sep 1890 in 'Dublin, Erath Co., Texas'
Death of Choat, Isabelle on 29 Sep 1890
Birth of Dalton, Infant on 18 Nov 1890
Birth of Hawkins, Joseph L "Joe" on 23 Dec 1890 in 'Texas'
Death of Ragland, William (3) on 1891 in 'Upshur Co., Texas'
Birth of Ragland, Bertha Oma on 15 Oct 1891 in 'Hunt Co., Texas'
Birth of Elliott, Bessie Lee on 16 Oct 1891 in 'Shackelford Co., TX.'
Death of Elliott, William Frances "Frank" on 24 Dec 1891 in 'Shackelford Co., TX.'
1892
Battle between steel strikers and Pinkerton guards at Homestead, Pa.; union defeated after militia intervenes.
Silver mine strikers in Idaho fight non-union workers; U.S. troops dispatched.
Diesel engine patented.
Birth of Elliott, Edna on 1892
Death of Friday, Mary J on 1892
Birth of Friday, Nancy Edna on 1892 in 'Texas'
Death of de Ruiter, Geertje on 29 Mar 1892 in 'Blaricum, The Netherlands'
Marriage of Watson, Albert Harvey and Perkins, Ida on 7 Apr 1892 in 'Tarrant Co.,Texas'
Birth of Boucher, Agnes Anna on Jul 1892 in 'Texas'
1893
New Zealand becomes first country in the world to grant women the vote.
Birth of McMath, Mattie Anna Randolph on ca. 1893 in 'Texas'
Birth of Elliott, Eula Mae on 21 Apr 1893 in 'Van Zandt Co., Texas'
Birth of Elliott, Charles Culbertson "Culbert" on 16 Sep 1893 in 'Arlington, Tarrant Co., TX'
Birth of Ragland, Ova May on 13 Nov 1893 in 'Hunt Co., Texas'
Birth of Elliott, Pearl on 7 Dec 1893 in 'Cross Plains, Callahan Co., TX.'
1894
Sino-Japanese War begins (ends in 1895 with China's defeat).
In France, Capt. Alfred Dreyfus convicted on false treason charge (pardoned in 1906).
In U.S., Jacob S. Coxey of Ohio leads Coxey's Army of unemployed on Washington.
Eugene V. Debs calls general strike of rail workers to support Pullman Company strikers; strike broken, Debs jailed for six months.
Edison's kinetoscope given first public showing in New York City.
Birth of Elliott, Dee M on 1894
Birth of Elliott, Vera Eula on BEF 1894
Birth of Elliott, Charles Edward on BEF 1894
Birth of Friday, Robert on 1894 in 'Texas'
Birth of Elliott, Uretta on BEF 1894
Marriage of Elliott, John Hinton and Sublett, Cora Adelia on 29 Jan 1894 in 'Tarrant Co., Texas'
Birth of Elliott, John King on Feb 1894
Marriage of Stoutenburg, Willem and Stalenhoef, Geertje on 5 Jun 1894 in 'Eemnes, The Netherlands'
Birth of Stockton, William Berton on 12 Jul 1894 in 'Desdemona, Texas'
Birth of Boucher, Thomas "Tom" Lewis on 22 Jul 1894 in 'Texas'
1895
X-rays discovered by German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen. Auguste and Louis Lumiere premiere motion pictures at a cafe in Paris.
Birth of Elliott, Willie Howard on ca. 1895
Birth of Dalton, Gertrude Ray "Gertie" on BEF 1895
Birth of Dalton, Carl William on 9 Jan 1895 in 'Tarrant Co., TX.'
Birth of Elliott, Loyd A on ca 1895
1896
Supreme Court's Plessy v. Ferguson decision separate but equal doctrine.
Alfred Nobel's will establishes prizes for peace, science, and literature.
Marconi receives first wireless patent in Britain.
William Jennings Bryan delivers Cross of Gold speech at Democratic Convention in Chicago.
First modern Olympic games held in Athens, Greece.
Birth of Ragland, Grace on 1896
Birth of Boucher, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Jane on Jan 1896 in 'Texas'
Birth of Elliott, Ruby Etta on ca. 1896
Death of Ragland, John Beverly on 1896
Birth of Stoutenburg, Maria Martha Everarda on 23 Jan 1896 in 'Eemnes, Utrecht Prov., The Netherlands'
Birth of Ragland, Clarence Earl on 12 Feb 1896 in 'Hunt Co., Texas'
Birth of Elliott, Claude on 21 Sep 1896 in 'Cross Plains, Callahan Co., TX.'
1897
Theodor Herzl launches Zionist movement.
Birth of Elliott, Lillian Ivy on ca. 1897
Birth of Dalton, Infant on 20 Mar 1897 in 'Tarrant Co., Texas'
Birth of Ragland, Ira Octavius on 02 Apr 1897 in 'Hunt Co., Texas'
Death of Hurt, Chester O on 09 Oct 1897
Death of Elliott, Infant on 7 Nov 1897 in 'Tarrant Co., TX.'
Birth of Elliott, Infant on 7 Nov 1897 in 'Tarrant Co., TX.'
Death of Sublett, Sarah A "Sadie" on 7 Nov 1897 in 'Tarrant Co., TX. '
1898
Chinese Boxers, anti-foreign organization, established. They stage uprisings against Europeans in 1900; U.S. and other Western troops relieve Peking legations.
U.S. Battleship Maine is sunk in Havana Harbor.
Spanish-American War begins. U.S. destroys Spanish fleet near Santiago, Cuba.
Pierre and Marie Curie discover radium and polonium.
Birth of Sublett, Ida Lee on 1898 in 'Texas'
Birth of Unk wife SR Roy, Sallie on ca. 1898 in 'Kentucky'
Birth of Sublett, Loyd D on BEF 1898
Death of Ragland, Joseph Addison on 11 Jan 1898 in 'Commerce, Hunt Co., Texas'
Death of Boucher, Gabriel (2) on 23 May 1898
1899
Boer War (or South African War): conflict between British and Boers (descendants of Dutch settlers of South Africa).
Causes rooted in longstanding territorial disputes and in friction over political rights for English and other uitlanders following 1886 discovery of vast gold deposits in Transvaal. (British victorious as war ends in 1902.) Casualties: 5,774 British dead, about 4,000 Boers.
Union of South Africa established in 1908 as confederation of colonies; becomes British dominion in 1910.
Birth of Ragland, Lester on 13 Aug 1899 in 'Hunt Co., Texas'
Birth of Crocker, Royal on 30 Aug 1899 in 'Dublin, Erath Co., Texas'
Birth of Boucher, Jessie on Sep 1899 in 'Texas'
Marriage of Elliott Jr. , Robert "Bob" Alexander and Morris, Lola Prudence on 20 Dec 1899 in 'Texas'
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1900 - 1909
1900 - 1909
1900
Hurricane ravages Galveston, Tex.; 6,000?|8,000 dead.
Fauvist movement in painting begins, led by Henri Matisse.
Sigmund Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams.
Carrie Chapman Catt succeeds Susan B. Anthony as president of National Woman Suffrage Association.
Death of McCoy Sr. , Thomas on bef 1900
Death of Elliott, Emily Caroline on bef 1900 in 'Texas'
Death of Hawkins, Samual Elliot on Bef. 1900 in 'Texas'
Death of Elliott, Margaret Susan on ca. 1900
Birth of Elliott, Lida Lee "Trixie" on 27 Mar 1900 in 'Arlington, Tarrant Co.,TX.'
Marriage of Friday, Louis Stephen and McCarty, Susan Katherine "Kittie" on 19 Apr 1900 in 'Uvalde Co. Texas '
Marriage of Forrest, Alverson Bedford and Vauthier, Maria Euphrasie on 8 Jul 1900 in 'Hill Co., Texas'
Marriage of Forrest, Francis Marion and Watkins, Rebecca R. on 8 Jul 1900 in 'Hill Co., Texas'
Birth of Stokes, Ian Tessie on 2 Sep 1900
Death of Makker, Marritje on 26 Oct 1900 in 'Eemnes, The Netherlands'
Death of Hill, Elizabeth on After 1900 in 'Erath Co., Texas'
1901
Queen Victoria dies, and is succeeded by her son, Edward VII.
As President McKinley begins second term, he is shot fatally by anarchist Leon Czolgosz.
Theodore Roosevelt sworn in as successor.
Death of Friday, Rebecca Ann on ca. 1901
Birth of Friday, Lenora Lois on 16 Jan 1901 in 'Uvalde Co., Texas'
Death of Phillips, George Wahington on 14 Feb 1901 in 'Texas'
Birth of Parrish, Roxie A on 8 Mar 1901 in 'Texas'
Death of Elliott, Arthur M on 26 Apr 1901 in 'Wills Point, Van Zandt Co., TX.'
Birth of Ragland, Mabel Rose on 08 Jul 1901 in 'Commerce, Hunt Co., Texas'
Birth of Boucher, William Oscar "Bee" on 26 Jul 1901 in 'Stephenville, Texas'
1902
Enrico Caruso's first gramophone recording.
Aswan Dam completed.
Birth of Elliott, Rice Woods Collins "Jack" on 28 Mar 1902 in 'Arlington, Tarrant Co.,TX'
Birth of Cline, Lena Rivers on 31 May 1902 in 'Harbin, Erath Co., Texas'
Birth of Forrest, Inez on 01 Jun 1902 in 'Stephenville, Erath Co., Texas'
Death of Boucher, George William on 20 Aug 1902
Birth of Friday, Ira Haven on 2 Sep 1902 in 'Near Montell, Uvalde Co. Texas'
Birth of McMurray, Sam Houston on 13 Sep 1902 in 'Arlington, Tarrant Co.,TX'
Birth of Ragland, George Wallace on 16 Dec 1902 in 'Commerce (Hurt Stop), Texas'
1903
Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, fly first powered, controlled, heavier-than-air plane at Kitty Hawk, N.C.
Henry Ford organizes Ford Motor Company.
The Boston Red Sox win the first World Series against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
W.E.B. Du Bois publishes The Souls of Black Folk.
Marriage of Vauthier, Charles Albert and Unk, Billie on 1903
Birth of Elliott, Bertram Alexander on BEF 1903
Birth of Boucher, Clyde Kitty on 1903 in 'Texas'
Birth of Smith, Charles Everede on 3 Jan 1903 in 'Bowie, Montaque Co., Texas'
Marriage of McMath, Archelous G "Arch" and Elliott, Nora Ella on 4 Jan 1903 in 'Denton Co., TX.'
Birth of Elliott, Ray A on 26 Feb 1903 in 'Moran, Shackleford Co., TX.'
Birth of Vauthier, Charlie Dean on 29 Apr 1903 in 'Hilsboro, Hill County, Texas'
Marriage of Beukeboom, Anthonius and de Gooijer, Maria (Marritje) on 2 Jul 1903 in 'Blaricum'
Death of Choat, George Tillman (3) on 11 Nov 1903
1904
Russo-Japanese War begins competition for Korea and Manchuria.
Entente Cordiale: Britain and France settle their international differences.
General theory of radioactivity by Rutherford and Soddy.
New York City subway opens.
Birth of Sublett, John Inge on 1904 in 'Denton, Denton Co., Texas'
Birth of Forrest, Bedford on 30 Jan 1904 in 'Hillsboro, Hill Co., Texas'
Birth of Cline, Luther Clayton on 12 Feb 1904 in 'Harbin, Erath Co., Texas'
Birth of Friday, Mabel Katherine on 20 Jun 1904 in 'Uvalde Co., Texas'
Birth of Beukeboom, Hendrika Geertruida Alida on 30 Jun 1904 in 'Muiden, The Netherlands'
Birth of Roberts, Adrian Leon on 18 Sep 1904 in 'Texas'
Death of Roy, John C on 12 Nov 1904 in 'Tarrant Co., TX'
1905
In Russo-Japanese War, Port Arthur surrenders to Japanese; Russia suffers other defeats.
President Roosevelt mediates Treaty of Portsmouth, N.H., which recognizes Japan's control of Korea and restores southern Manchuria to China.
The Russian Revolution of 1905 begins on Bloody Sunday when troops fire onto a defenseless group of demonstrators in St. Petersburg. Strikes and riots follow.
Sailors on battleship Potemkin mutiny; reforms, including first Duma (parliament), established by Czar Nicholas II's October Manifesto.
Albert Einstein's special theory of relativity and other key theories in physics.
Franz Lehar's Merry Widow.
Marriage of Vauthier, Just Arthur and Boucher, Alta Josephine on 1905 in 'Stephenville, Erath Co., Texas'
Birth of Whitworth, Ruth on ca. 1905 in 'Texas'
Birth of McMath, John E on ca. 1905 in 'Texas'
Death of Elliott, Madison Leroy on 4 Apr 1905 in 'Tahoka, Lynn Co., TX.'
Birth of Beukeboom, Geertruida Wilhelmina on 05 Aug 1905 in 'Muiden, The Netherlands'
Death of Elliott Sr. , Robert Alexander on 17 Aug 1905 in 'Albany, Shackelford Co., TX.'
Birth of Cline, Faustina Kate on 16 Oct 1905 in 'Erath County, Texas'
1906
San Francisco earthquake and three-day fire; more than 500 dead.
Roald Amundsen, Norwegian explorer, fixes magnetic North Pole.
Birth of Boucher, Roy on 1906 in 'Texas'
Birth of Forrest, James Clifford on ca. 1906 in 'Texas'
Birth of Gage, Mary Iantha on 7 Apr 1906 in 'Guthrie, King Co., Texas'
Death of Cornelison, Burrell W on 20 Apr 1906
Birth of Friday, Buna Sophronia on 8 Aug 1906
Birth of Beukeboom, Johanna on 28 Aug 1906 in 'Muiden, The Netherlands'
1907
Second Hague Peace Conference, of 46 nations, adopts 10 conventions on rules of war.
Financial panic of 1907 in U.S.
Mahler begins work on Song of the Earth.
Oklahoma becomes 46th state.
Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon introduces cubism.
Birth of Vauthier, Melvin on 1907
Marriage of Elliott, Bonaparte T "Bonie" and Bartlett, Effie D on 1907 in 'Texas'
Birth of McMath, Gladys Lavelle on ca. 1907 in 'Texas'
Death of Stalenhoef, Jan Frans on 08 Dec 1907 in 'Eemnes, The Netherlands'
1908
Earthquake kills 150,000 in southern Italy and Sicily.
U.S. Supreme Court, in Danbury Hatters' case, outlaws secondary union boycotts.
Model T produced by Ford Motor Company.
Birth of Elliott, Winnie Maurine on ca. 1908
Birth of Elliott, Robert Byron on BEF 1908
Birth of Cline, Nina Marie on 9 Jan 1908 in 'Harbin, Erath Co., Texas'
Marriage of Barron, Roscoe Blaine and Vauthier, Maggie Florance on 11 Jan 1908
Birth of Friday, Louis McCarthy on 21 Feb 1908
Birth of Elliott, infant on 2 Mar 1908 in 'Tarrant Co.,TX'
Death of Elliott, infant on 2 Mar 1908 in 'Tarrant Co.,TX'
Death of Sublett, Cora Adelia on 2 Mar 1908 in 'Tarrant Co., Texas'
Birth of Vauthier, Millard Monroe on 7 Sep 1908 in 'Erath County, Texas'
Birth of Beukeboom, Johannes Antonius on 17 Sep 1908 in 'Muiden, The Netherlands'
1909
North Pole reportedly reached by American explorers Robert E. Peary and Matthew Henson.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is founded in New York by prominent black and white intellectuals and led by W.E.B. Du Bois.
Birth of Boucher, Ruth on 1909 in 'Texas'
Birth of Elliott, Roberta A on 1909 in 'Shackelford Co., TX.'
Birth of Barron, Exa Day on 21 Feb 1909 in 'Texas'
Birth of Elliott, Cecil Lawrence on Apr 1909 in 'Texas'
Birth of Forrest, Cora Lee on 14 Apr 1909 in 'Brandon, Hill Co., Texas'
Birth of Miller, Hazel Marguerite on 30 Jun 1909 in 'Stephenville, Texas'
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1910 - 1919
1910 - 1919
1910
Boy Scouts of America incorporated.
Angel Island, in San Francisco Bay, becomes immigration center for Asians entering U.S.
Death of Sanders, Eliza Jane on ca. 1910 in 'Uvalde Co., Texas'
Marriage of Boucher, James Allen "Al" and Lynch, Hattie on ca. 1910
Birth of Cline, Catherine on 09 Jan 1910 in 'Harbin, Erath Co. , Texas'
Marriage of Elliott, John Hinton and Spruance, Sarah "Sadie" on 28 Jan 1910 in 'Arlington, Tarrant Co., Texas'
Death of Elliott, Charles Edward "Ed" on 9 Nov 1910 in 'Tarrant Co., TX.'
Birth of Wiseman, Irene "Pap" on 18 Dec 1910 in 'Texas ?'
1911
First use of aircraft as offensive weapon in Turkish-Italian War.
Italy defeats Turks and annexes Tripoli and Libya.
Chinese Republic proclaimed after revolution overthrows Manchu dynasty. Sun Yat-sen named president.
Mexican Revolution: Porfirio Diaz, president since 1877, replaced by Francisco Madero.
Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire in New York; 146 killed.
Amundsen reaches South Pole.
Ernest Rutherford discovers the structure of the atom.
Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier.
Irving Berlin's Alexander's Ragtime Band.
Birth of Friday, Susan Etta on 1911 in 'Texas'
Birth of Forrest, Oliver on 1911 in 'Texas'
Birth of Vauthier, Ruby on 1911
Birth of Cline, James Wilburne (Jack) on 2 Dec 1911 in 'Harbin, Erath Co., Texas'
Death of Little Sr. , Jason Bryant on 13 Dec 1911 in 'Tarrant Co., TX.'
Marriage of McCracken, Earl and Elliott, Mattie Gertrude "Patsy" on 28 Dec 1911 in 'Fort Worth, Tarrant Co.'
1912
Balkan Wars (1912 1913) resulting from territorial disputes: Turkey defeated by alliance of Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, and Montenegro;
London peace treaty (1913) partitions most of European Turkey among the victors.
In second war (1913), Bulgaria attacks Serbia and Greece and is defeated after Romania intervenes and Turks recapture Adrianople.
Titanic sinks on maiden voyage; over 1,500 drown.
New Mexico and Arizona admitted as states.
Birth of Vauthier, Lois M. on 1912 in 'Hillsboro'
Birth of Elliott, Pauline R on ca. 1912 in 'Texas'
Birth of Alexander, Harvey on 21 Apr 1912 in 'Dublin, Texas'
Marriage of Elliott, James Washington and Chambers, Minnie on 16 Jun 1912 in 'Tahoka, Lynn Co., Texas'
Birth of Barron, Woodrow Wilson on 2 Jul 1912 in 'Texas'
Birth of Vauthier, Just Thelma on 13 Nov 1912
1913
Suffragists demonstrate in London.
Garment workers strike in New York and Boston; win pay raise and shorter hours.
Henry Ford develops first moving assembly line. 16th Amendment (income tax) and 17th (popular election of U.S. senators) adopted.
Bill creating U.S. Federal Reserve System becomes law.
Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring.
Woodrow Wilson becomes 28th U.S. president.
Armory Show introduces modern art to U.S.; Duchamp's Nude Descending a Staircase shocks public.
Birth of Forrest, Roreyne on 1913 in 'Texas'
Death of Meeks, Marcus L. on 5 Jun 1913 in 'Tarrant Co., TX.'
Death of Elliott, Nancy Ross on 29 Jul 1913 in 'Georgetown, Williamson Co., TX.'
Birth of Forrest, Lorayne on 5 Dec 1913 in 'Oklahoma'
Birth of Van Klooster, Gerarada Hendrika on 7 Dec 1913 in 'Leusden, The Netherlands'
Birth of Elliott Jr. , Aaron Burr on 12 Dec 1913 in 'Callahan Co., TX'
Birth of Cline, Geneva June on 24 Dec 1913
1914
World War I begins: Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand and wife Sophie are assassinated; Austria declares war on Serbia, Germany on Russia and France, Britain on Germany.
Panama Canal officially opened.
Congress sets up Federal Trade Commission, passes Clayton Antitrust Act.
U.S. Marines occupy Veracruz, Mexico, intervening in civil war to protect American interests.
Birth of Elliott, Gwendolyn "Bill" on BEF 1914
Birth of Elliott, Alma L on ca. 1914
Birth of Elliott, Alice on BEF 1914
Birth of Elliott, Gladys on BEF 1914
Birth of Elliott, Clara Nell on 23 Jan 1914 in 'Shackelford Co., TX.'
Birth of Vauthier, Alta Maurine on 31 Mar 1914
Death of Elliott, Clara Nell on 5 Jul 1914 in 'Shackelford Co., TX.'
Death of Friday, Louis Stephen on 21 Aug 1914 in 'Uvalde Co., Texas'
1915
Lusitania sunk by German submarine.
Second Battle of Ypres.
U.S. banks lend $500 million to France and Britain.
Genocide of estimated 600,000 to 1 million Armenians by Turkish soldiers.
D. W. Griffith's film Birth of a Nation.
Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity.
Death of Friday, Mary Anne on 1915
Birth of Mackey, Joesph Welden (Red) on 1915
1916
Congress expands armed forces.
Battle of Verdun. Battle of the Somme.
Tom Mooney arrested for San Francisco bombing (pardoned in 1939).
Pershing fails in raid into Mexico in quest of rebel Pancho Villa.
U.S. buys Virgin Islands from Denmark for $25 million.
President Wilson re-elected with he kept us out of war slogan.
Black Tom explosion at munitions dock in Jersey City, N.J., $40,000,000 damages; traced to German saboteurs.
Margaret Sanger opens first birth control clinic.
Easter Rebellion in Ireland put down by British troops.
Jeannette Rankin becomes first woman elected to Congress.
Birth of Elliott, Ralph on 1916 in 'Texas'
Death of Forrest, Oliver on 1916
Birth of Forrest, Earl Mitchell on 26 Jun 1916 in 'Texas'
Birth of De Ruijter, Hendrike on 12 Oct 1916 in 'Benschop, The Netherlands'
Marriage of Elliott, William "Will" Ross and McMath, Mattie Anna Randolph on 30 Dec 1916 in 'Denton Co., TX.'
1917
First U.S. combat troops in France as U.S. declares war on Germany (April 6).
Third Battle of Ypres. Russian Revolution of 1917 climax of long unrest under czars.
February Revolution Nicholas II forced to abdicate, liberal government created. Kerensky becomes prime minister and forms provisional government (July).
In October Revolution, Bolsheviks seize power in armed coup d'e tat led by Lenin and Trotsky. Kerensky flees.
Balfour Declaration promises Jewish homeland in Palestine.
U.S. declares war on Austria-Hungary (Dec. 7). Armistice between new Russian Bolshevik government and Germans (Dec. 15).
Sigmund Freud's Introduction to Psychoanalysis.
Death of Friday, William F on 1917 in 'Uvalde Co., Texas'
Death of Harrison, Pink Henderson on 11 Feb 1917 in 'Tarrant Co., TX.'
Birth of De Groot, Aafje Jacomijntje on 23 May 1917 in 'Jaarsweld, The Netherlands'
1918
Russian revolutionaries execute the former czar and his family.
Russian Civil War between Reds (Bolsheviks) and Whites (anti-Bolsheviks); Reds win in 1920.
Allied troops (U.S., British, French) intervene (March); leave in 1919.
Second Battle of the Marne (July - Aug.)
German Kaiser abdicates (Nov.); hostilities cease on the Western Front.
Japanese hold Vladivostok until 1922.
Worldwide influenza epidemic strikes; by 1920, nearly 20 million are dead. In U.S. alone, 500,000 perish.
Death of Ragland, James Hardin on 1918 in 'Lebanon, Wilson Co., Tennessee'
Death of Boucher, Lemuel Curry on 1918 in 'Erath Co., Texas'
Birth of Vauthier, Charles Arthur on 11 Feb 1918 in 'Stephenville, Erath County, Texas'
Death of Spruance, Sarah "Sadie" on 18 Mar 1918 in 'Shackelford Co., TX.'
Death of Choat, Rufus Henderson on 04 May 1918
1919
Third International (Comintern) establishes Soviet control over international Communist movements.
Paris peace conference. Versailles Treaty, incorporating Woodrow Wilson's draft Covenant of League of Nations, signed by Allies and Germany; rejected by U.S. Senate.
Congress formally ends war in 1921.
18th (Prohibition) Amendment adopted.
Alcock and Brown make first trans-Atlantic nonstop flight.
Mahatma Gandhi initiates satyagraha (truth force) campaigns, beginning his nonviolent resistance movement against British rule in India.
Death of Hurt, Mary Susan on 02 Nov 1918
Birth of Elliott, Hallie E on ca. 1919 in 'Texas'
Marriage of Elliott, John Hinton and Baggett, Sallie on 1 Jan 1919 in 'Wheatherford, Parker Co., Texas'
Marriage of Stockton, William Berton and Ragland, Mabel Rose on 9 Mar 1919 in 'Desdemona, Texas'
Death of Hurt, Susan Eliza on 07 Jun 1919
Death of Turner, Rebecca Maculum "Mac" on 1 Aug 1919 in 'Tarrant Co., TX.'
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1920 - 1929
1920 - 1929
1920
League of Nations holds first meeting at Geneva, Switzerland.
U.S. Dept. of Justice red hunt nets thousands of radicals; aliens deported.
Women's suffrage (19th) amendment ratified.
Treaty of Sevres dissolves Ottoman Empire.
First Agatha Christie mystery.
Sinclair Lewis's Main Street.
Death of Elliott, Albert Gayle on Bef 1920 in 'Nolan Co., Texas'
Death of Ragland, Grace on 1920
Birth of Stockton, Doris M on ca. 1920
Death of Friday, Sphronia E. on 20 Feb 1920 in 'Erath Co., Texas'
Death of Watson Sr. , John J. on 20 Apr 1920 in 'Tarrant Co., TX.'
Marriage of Greeson, William David and Forrest, Inez on 18 Dec 1920 in 'Thackerville, Love Co., Oklahoma'
Death of Senters, Jane on Aft. 1920 in 'Nolan Co., Texas'
1921
Reparations Commission fixes German liability at 132 billion gold marks.
German inflation begins.
Major treaties signed at Washington Disarmament Conference limit naval tonnage and pledge to respect territorial integrity of China.
In U.S., Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian-born anarchists, convicted of armed robbery murder; case stirs worldwide protests; they are executed in 1927.
Birth of Barron, R B "Tex" on 1921
Birth of Cline, Wynona Mae on 19 Feb 1921 in 'Harbin, Erath Co., Texas'
1922
Mussolini marches on Rome; forms Fascist government.
Irish Free State, a self-governing dominion of British Empire, officially proclaimed.
Kemal Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey, overthrows last sultan.
James Joyce's Ulysses.
Birth of Stockton, Bert on ca. 1922
Death of Morris, Francis Emaline on 22 Aug 1922 in 'Shackelford Co., TX.'
Marriage of Elliott, Franklin "Frank" Leonard and Parrish, Roxie A on 30 Sep 1922 in 'Texas'
Death of Elliott, Bonaparte T "Bonie" on 29 Oct 1922 in 'Grassland, Lynn Co., TX.'
Marriage of Elliott, Rice Woods Collins "Jack" and McMurray, Winifred "Winnie" on 30 Nov 1922 in 'Tarrant Co., Texas'
Death of England, Amanda Virginia ("Nancy J.") on 18 Dec 1922 in 'Stephenville, Erath County, Texas'
1923
Adolf Hitler's Beer Hall Putsch in Munich fails; in 1924 he is sentenced to five years in prison where he writes Mein Kampf;
released after eight months. Occupation of Ruhr by French and Belgian troops to enforce reparations payments.
Widespread Ku Klux Klan violence in U.S. Earthquake destroys third of Tokyo. George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue.
Bessie Smith, known as the Empress of the Blues, makes her first record. Irish poet William Butler Yeats wins Nobel Prize in Literature.
Birth of Elliott, Floyd Clayton on 9 Feb 1923 in 'Texas'
Birth of Ragland, Viola Virginia on 18 Feb 1923 in 'Desdemona, Eastland Co., Texas'
Birth of Stockton, Evelyn on 21 Mar 1923 in 'Dublin, Texas'
Death of Vauthier, Charlie Dean on 18 May 1923 in 'Hillsboro, Hill County, Texas'
Birth of Rasberry, Cecil Erwin on 12 Aug 1923 in 'Dublin, Texas'
Marriage of Slaughter, Henry J and Elliott, Lida Lee "Trixie" on 2 Dec 1923
1924
Death of Lenin; Stalin wins power struggle, rules as Soviet dictator until death in 1953.
Italian Fascists murder Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti.
Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall and oilmen Harry Sinclair and Edward L. Doheny are charged with conspiracy and bribery in the Teapot Dome scandal, involving fraudulent leases of naval oil reserves. In 1931, Fall is sentenced to year in prison; Doheny and Sinclair acquitted of bribery.
Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb convicted in thrill killing of Bobby Franks in Chicago; defended by Clarence Darrow; sentenced to life imprisonment. (Loeb killed by fellow convict in 1936; Leopold paroled in 1958, dies in 1971.)
Robert Frost wins first of four Pulitzers.
Birth of Greeson, Davina Marye on 13 Jan 1924 in 'Muenster, Cooke Co., Texas'
Marriage of Forrest, Bedford and Gage, Mary Iantha on 16 Feb 1924
Birth of Liebner, Sylvia on 19 Feb 1924 in 'Munich, Germany'
Death of Choat, Alice Rebecca on 07 May 1924
Marriage of Milton, George and Forrest, Cora Lee on 27 Nov 1924
1925
Nellie Tayloe Ross elected governor of Wyoming; first woman governor elected in U.S.
Locarno conferences seek to secure European peace by mutual guarantees.
John T. Scopes convicted and fined for teaching evolution in a public school in Tennessee Monkey Trial; sentence set aside.
John Logie Baird, Scottish inventor, transmits human features by television.
Hitler publishes Volume I of Mein Kampf.
Birth of Forrest, Rayburn on 1925 in 'Texas'
Death of Forrest, Rayburn on 1925
Birth of Forrest, Bedford Hughes on 29 Jan 1925
Death of Forrest, Bedford Hughes on 30 Jan 1925
Death of Milton, George on 4 Feb 1925
Birth of Roberts, Leon Dale on 31 Jul 1925 in 'Texas'
Birth of Greeson Jr. , William David on 25 Aug 1925 in 'Muenster, Cooke Co., Texas'
1926
General strike in Britain brings nation's activities to standstill.
U.S. marines dispatched to Nicaragua during revolt; they remain until 1933.
Gertrude Ederle of U.S. is first woman to swim English Channel.
Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises.
Birth of Stockton, Calvin C on ca. 1926
Birth of Forrest, Nelson Harrold on 20 Feb 1926 in 'Dumont, King Co., Texas'
Death of Dalton, Lundia on 2 Apr 1926 in 'Tarrant Co., TX'
Marriage of Hicks, Arthur James and Forrest, Cora Lee on 26 Jun 1926
Birth of Ragland, Mary Louise on 24 Aug 1926 in 'Harbin, Texas'
Birth of McNinch, Paul Hunter on 23 Sep 1926 in 'Texas'
Birth of Hook, Pansy Estella on 28 Sep 1926 in 'Texas'
Birth of Cannon, William Wood on 13 Oct 1926? in 'Heidenhamer, Bell Co., Texas'
1927
German economy collapses.
Socialists riot in Vienna; general strike follows acquittal of Nazis for political murder.
Trotsky expelled from Russian Communist Party.
Charles A. Lindbergh flies first successful solo nonstop flight from New York to Paris.
Ruth Snyder and Judd Gray convicted of murder of Albert Snyder; they are executed at Sing Sing prison in 1928.
Philo T. Farnsworth demonstrates working television model.
Georges Lemai^tre proposes Big Bang Theory.
Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs in the season; record stands for next 34 years.
The Jazz Singer, with Al Jolson, first part-talking motion picture.
Death of Ragland, William Hardin on 1927 in 'Cookeville, Tennessee'
Death of Ragland, Mary Butler on 1927
Death of Dalton, John Westley on 25 Jan 1927 in 'Tarrant Co., TX.'
Birth of Boucher, Francis Carolyn on 25 Feb 1927 in 'Abilene, Texas'
Birth of Roberts, Ralph on 23 Mar 1927 in 'Texas'
Birth of Tidwell, Peggy Jean on 25 Mar 1927 in 'Texas'
Birth of Forrest, Ava Nell Marie on 15 Jul 1927 in 'Dumont, King Co., Texas'
1928
Kellogg-Briand Pact, outlawing war, signed in Paris by 65 nations.
Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin.
Richard E. Byrd starts expedition to Antarctic; returns in 1930.
Anthropologist Margaret Mead publishes Coming of Age in Samoa.
Final volume of Oxford English Dictionary published after 44 years of research.
Birth of Stockton, Warren on ca. 1928
Death of Grimsley, Elizabeth Abagail "Eliza" on 23 Jun 1928 in 'Tarrant Co., TX.'
Death of Williams, Alice C on 27 Jul 1928 in 'Commerce, Hunt Co., Texas'
Birth of Ragland, Peggy Ann on 07 Nov 1928 in 'Harbin, Texas '
Birth of Stockton, Wibur on ca 1928
1929
Trotsky expelled from USSR Lateran Treaty establishes independent Vatican City.
In U.S., stock market prices collapse, with U.S. securities losing $26 billion first phase of Depression and world economic crisis.
St. Valentine's Day gangland massacre in Chicago.
Edwin Powell Hubble proposes theory of expanding universe.
Birth of Boucher, Thelma Joyce "Joy" on 1929
Death of Boucher, Ruth on 1929
Birth of Roberts, Lillian on 1929 in 'Texas?'
Death of Choat, James Allen on 16 Mar 1929 in 'Arlington, Tarrant Co., Texas'
Death of Dalton, Julia May on 17 Nov 1929 in 'Harbin, Erath Co., Texas'
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1930 - 1939
1930
Britain, U.S., Japan, France, and Italy sign naval disarmament treaty.
Nazis gain in German elections.
Cyclotron developed by Ernest O. Lawrence, U.S. physicist.
Pluto discovered by astronomers.
Death of Elliott, William F on BEF 1930
Death of Sublett, J. H. on BEF 1930
Birth of Boucher, James Lester on 30 Jan 1930 in 'Stephenville, Texas'
Death of Roy, Sul Ross on Feb 1930 in 'San Angelo, Texas'
Birth of Forrest, Daniel Bedford on 25 Jun 1930 in 'Dumont, King Co., Texas'
Birth of Waterwall, Jean Laverne on 30 Jul 1930 in 'Yoakum, Texas'
Birth of Ragland, Lavada Caroline on 07 Aug 1930 in 'Harbin, Erath Co., Texas'
Death of Elliott, John M on 1 Oct 1930 in 'Arlington, Texas'
Death of Elliott, Jason Pierpont on 20 Nov 1930 in 'Van Zandt Co., TX'
Death of Jones, Mary M on 30 Nov 1930 in 'Anton, Texas'
1931
Spain becomes a republic with overthrow of King Alfonso XIII.
German industrialists finance 800,000-strong Nazi party.
British parliament enacts statute of Westminster, legalizing dominion equality with Britain.
Mukden Incident begins Japanese occupation of Manchuria.
In U.S., Hoover proposes one-year moratorium of war debts.
Harold C. Urey discovers heavy hydrogen.
Gangster Al Capone sentenced to 11 years in prison for tax evasion (freed in 1939; dies in 1947).
Notorious Scottsboro trial begins, exposing depth of Southern racism.
The Star Spangled Banner officially becomes national anthem.
Death of Hurt, Ira Octavis on 07 Jan 1931 in 'Hunt Co., Texas'
Death of Stoutenburg, Willem on 7 Jan 1931 in 'Eemnes, The Netherlands'
Death of Elliott, Benton Randolph on 6 Jul 1931 in 'Tarrant Co., Texas'
Death of Elliott Sr. , Joseph Alexander on 22 Jul 1931 in 'Arlington, Tarrant Co., TX.'
Death of Choat, Eva Mae on 11 Aug 1931 in 'Harbin, Texas'
Birth of Barnes, Dorothy on 20 Dec 1931 in 'Washington, DC'
1932
Nazis lead in German elections with 230 Reichstag seats.
Famine in USSR.
In U.S., Congress sets up Reconstruction Finance Corporation to stimulate economy.
Veterans march on Washington most leave after Senate rejects payment of cash bonuses; others removed by troops under Douglas MacArthur.
U.S. protests Japanese aggression in Manchuria.
Amelia Earhart is first woman to fly Atlantic solo.
Charles A. Lindbergh's baby son kidnapped, killed. (Bruno Richard Hauptmann arrested in 1934, convicted in 1935, executed in 1936.)
Death of Ragland, Ernest Murray on 1932
Death of Whitworth, David T "Davie" on 4 Jan 1932 in 'Georgetown, Williamson Co., TX.'
Birth of Wallace Hand, Barbara Alice on 18 Jan 1932 in 'Texas'
Birth of Boucher, William Doyle on 21 Mar 1932
Death of Boucher, James Monroe on 24 Mar 1932 in 'Erath Co., Texas'
Death of Choat, Allen Morgan on 24 Jun 1932 in 'Houston, Texas'
1933
Hitler appointed German chancellor, gets dictatorial powers.
Reichstag fire in Berlin; Nazi terror begins.
Germany and Japan withdraw from League of Nations.
Giuseppe Zangara executed for attempted assassination of president-elect Roosevelt in which Chicago mayor Cermak is fatally shot.
Roosevelt inaugurated (the only thing we have to fear is fear itself); launches New Deal.
Prohibition repealed. USSR recognized by U.S.
Death of Ragland, John Biggers on 1933
Birth of Forrest, Ila Mae on 28 Feb 1933 in 'Sparenberg, Dawson Co., Texas'
Birth of Ragland, Jerry Cline on 24 May 1933 in 'Harbin, Erath Co., Texas'
Birth of McAdams, Lamoyne on 17 Jul 1933 in 'Erath Co., Texas'
1934
Chancellor Dollfuss of Austria assassinated by Nazis.
Hitler becomes fuhrer.
USSR admitted to League of Nations.
Dionne sisters, first quintuplets to survive beyond infancy, born in Canada.
Mao Zedong begins the Long March north with 100,000 soldiers.
Birth of Boucher, Jo Nell on 17 Mar 1934 in 'Stephenville, Texas'
Death of Jopling, Francis "Frannie" on 18 Nov 1934 in 'Van Zandt Co., TX'
1935
Saar incorporated into Germany after plebiscite.
Nazis repudiate Versailles Treaty, introduce compulsory military service.
Mussolini invades Ethiopia; League of Nations invokes sanctions.
Roosevelt opens second phase of New Deal in U.S., calling for social security, better housing, equitable taxation, and farm assistance.
Huey Long assassinated in Louisiana.
Birth of McAdams, Estalene on 1935
Death of Cline, James Wilburne (Jack) on 11 Mar 1935 in 'South Texas'
Death of McLendon, William A. on 15 Jun 1935 in 'Van Zandt Co., TX.'
Birth of Beall, Jodell T on ca 1935 in 'Texas'
1936
Germans occupy Rhineland.
Italy annexes Ethiopia.
Rome-Berlin Axis proclaimed (Japan to join in 1940).
Trotsky exiled to Mexico.
King George V dies; succeeded by son, Edward VIII, who soon abdicates to marry an American-born divorcee, and is succeeded by brother, George VI.
Spanish civil war begins. Hundreds of Americans join the Lincoln Brigades. (Franco's fascist forces defeat Loyalist forces by 1939, when Madrid falls.)
War between China and Japan begins, to continue through World War II.
Japan and Germany sign anti-Comintern pact; joined by Italy in 1937.
Death of Russell, Sarah Jane "Sally" on 1936 in 'Tarrant Co., Texas'
Death of Vauthier, Charles Vincent on 11 Jan 1936 in 'Huckaby, Texas'
Birth of Forrest, Olan Charles on 9 Feb 1936 in 'Sparenberg, Dawson Co. Texas'
Birth of Boucher, Judy Beth on 22 Feb 1936 in 'Floydada, Texas'
Birth of Fuller, Phylis Wayne on 10 Mar 1936 in 'Sasakwa, Oklahoma'
Death of Watson, Louisa Jane "Jennie" on 16 Apr 1936 in 'Colorado City, Mitchell Co., TX.'
Death of Cornelison, Florida Indiana on 17 May 1936 in 'Dublin, Erath Co., Texas'
Death of Stalenhoef, Geertje on 18 May 1936 in 'Eemnes, The Netherlands'
1937
Hitler repudiates war guilt clause of Versailles Treaty; continues to build German power.
Italy withdraws from League of Nations.
U.S. gunboat Panay sunk by Japanese in Yangtze River.
Japan invades China, conquers most of coastal area.
Amelia Earhart lost somewhere in Pacific on round-the-world flight.
Picasso's Guernica mural.
Birth of Evans, Mary Kathrine on 1937
Death of Johnson, Mary Jane on 1937 in 'Clay Co., Texas'
Death of Ragland, Charles Burton on 1937
Death of Elliott, Pearl on 21 Feb 1937 in 'Merkel, Taylor Co., TX.'
Birth of Edwards, Robbie Earlene on 13 Mar 1937 in 'Haskell Co., Texas'
Marriage of Beukeboom, Johannes Antonius and Stoutenburg, Maria Martha Everarda on 19 Oct 1937 in 'Eemnes, Utrecht Prov., The Netherlands'
Birth of Boucher, Patsy May on 30 Dec 1937 in 'Floydada, Texas'
1938
Hitler marches into Austria; political and geographical union of Germany and Austria proclaimed.
Munich Pact - Britain, France, and Italy agree to let Germany partition Czechoslovakia.
Douglas Wrong-Way Corrigan flies from New York to Dublin.
Fair Labor Standards Act establishes minimum wage.
Orson Welles's radio broadcast War of the Worlds.
Death of Watson, Albert Harvey on 18 Aug 1938 in 'Tarrant Co., Texas'
1939
Germany invades Poland; occupies Bohemia and Moravia; renounces pact with England and concludes 10-year non-aggression pact with USSR.
Russo-Finnish War begins; Finns to lose one-tenth of territory in 1940 peace treaty.
World War II begins.
In U.S., Roosevelt submits $1,319-million defense budget, proclaims U.S. neutrality, and declares limited emergency.
Einstein writes FDR about feasibility of atomic bomb.
New York World's Fair opens.
DAR refuses to allow Marian Anderson to perform.
Gone with the Wind premieres.
Birth of Boucher, Donald "Donnie" Wayne on 1939 in 'Texas'
Birth of Moffett, Troy William on 8 Jan 1939 in 'Erath Co., Texas'
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1940 - 1949
1940
Hitler invades Norway, Denmark (April 9), the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg (May 10), and France (May 12).
Churchill becomes Britain's prime minister.
Trotsky assassinated in Mexico (Aug. 20).
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania annexed by USSR.
U.S. trades 50 destroyers for leases on British bases in Western Hemisphere.
Selective Service Act signed.
The first official network television broadcast is put out by NBC.
Death of Boucher, Lola Ellen on 1940 in 'Texas'
Death of Meyers, Lavania L on 1940
Birth of Friday, Mary Lois on 1940
Death of Boucher, Nancy Ellen on 1940
Death of Barron, Woodrow Wilson on 16 Feb 1940 in 'Texas'
Birth of Boucher, Loyce Jean on 11 Mar 1940 in 'Lockney, Texas'
Marriage of Vauthier, Charles Arthur and Ragland, Viola Virginia on 03 Dec 1940 in 'Erath Co., Texas'
1941
Germany attacks the Balkans and Russia.
Japanese surprise attack on U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor brings U.S. into World War II; U.S. and Britain declare war on Japan.
Manhattan Project (atomic bomb research) begins.
Roosevelt enunciates four freedoms, signs Lend-Lease Act, declares national emergency, promises aid to USSR.
Orson Welles's Citizen Kane.
Birth of Alexander, Kay Cline on 26 Sep 1941 in 'Dublin, Texas'
Death of Elliott, Robert Mitchel on 20 Nov 1941 in 'Merkel, Taylor Co., TX.'
1942
Declaration of United Nations signed in Washington (Jan. 1).
Nazi leaders attend Wannsee Conference to coordinate the final solution to the Jewish question, the systematic genocide of Jews known as the Holocaust.
Women's military services established.
Enrico Fermi achieves nuclear chain reaction.
More than 120,000 Japanese and persons of Japanese ancestry living in western U.S. moved to relocation centers, some for the duration of the war (Executive Order 9066).
Coconut Grove nightclub fire in Boston kills 492 (Nov. 28).
Death of McCarty, Susan Katherine "Kittie" on 1942 in 'Uvalde Co., Texas'
Birth of Hicks, Joe on 1942 in 'Dublin, Erath Co. Texas'
Birth of Friday, Haven Wright on 1942
Death of Ragland, William Edward on 1942
Death of Stokes, Ian Tessie on 5 Mar 1942
Birth of Vauthier, Kenneth Charles on 25 Jul 1942 in 'Dublin, Erath County, Texas'
Death of de Gooijer, Maria (Marritje) on 3 Aug 1942 in 'Eemnes, The Netherlands'
1943
Churchill and Roosevelt hold Casablanca Conference (Jan. 14 - 23).
Mussolini deposed.
President freezes prices, salaries, and wages to prevent inflation.
Income tax withholding introduced.
Birth of Friday, Nancy Lee on 1943
Death of Andrews, Nancy (Nana or Nannie) on 1943
Death of Forrest, Alverson Bedford on 1943
Death of Choat, Sammual R on 04 Jul 1943 in 'Clovis, New Mexico'
1944
Allies invade Normandy on D-Day (June 6).
G.I. Bill of Rights enacted.
Bretton Woods Conference creates International Monetary Fund and World Bank (July 1 - 22).
Dumbarton Oaks Conference U.S., British Commonwealth, and USSR propose establishment of United Nations (Aug. 21 - Oct. 7).
Battle of the Bulge (Dec. 16).
Woody Guthrie records This Land is Your Land.
Gunnar Myrdal's An American Dilemma.
Marriage of Elliott, Ray A and Wiseman, Irene "Pap" on 1944 in 'Texas'
Birth of Fletcher, Connie Lavel (or Lavelle) on 1944 in 'Dublin, Erath Co., Texas'
Birth of Stallcup, Mary Melissa on 11 Jan 1944 in 'Marshall, Harrison County, Texas'
Death of Stoutenburg, Maria Martha Everarda on 09 Feb 1944 in 'Eemnes, Utrecht Prov, The Netherlands'
Death of Elliott, Lida Lee "Trixie" on 19 Feb 1944
Death of Collins, Eliza Maxwell on 12 Mar 1944 in 'Arlington, Tarrant Co., TX.'
Birth of Vauthier, Dorthy Faye on 11 Apr 1944 in 'Dublin, Erath County, Texas'
Death of Vauthier, Dorthy Faye on 7 May 1944 in 'Dublin, Erath County, Texas'
Death of Cline, Dock Pierce on 16 Aug 1944 in 'Dublin, Erath Co., Texas'
Marriage of Beukeboom, Johannes Antonius and Van Klooster, Gerarada Hendrika on 04 Oct 1944 in 'Eemnes, Utrecht Prov.,The Netherlands'
1945
Yalta Conference (Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin) plans final defeat of Germany (Feb. 4 - 11).
FDR dies (April 12).
Hitler commits suicide (April 30); Germany surrenders (May 7); May 8 is declared V-E Day.
Potsdam Conference (Truman, Churchill, Stalin) establishes basis of German reconstruction (July - Aug.).
U.S. drops atomic bombs on Japanese cities of Hiroshima (Aug. 6) and Nagasaki (Aug. 9).
Japan signs official surrender on V-J Day (Sept. 2).
United Nations established (Oct. 24).
First electronic computer, ENIAC, built.
Marriage of (null) and (null) on ca. 1945
Death of Vauthier, Charles Albert on 1945 in 'Hillsboro, Hill County, Texas'
Death of Unk, Billie on 1945 in 'Hillsboro, Hill County, Texas'
Marriage of Chastain, Ben E. and Forrest, Ava Nell Marie on 8 May 1945
Death of Sublett, Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" on 10 Jul 1945 in 'Tarrant Co., TX.'
Birth of Beukeboom, Antonius on 30 Sep 1945 in 'Eemnes, The Netherlands'
Birth of Lebleu, Frank Luther on ca 1945 in 'Corpus Christi ??, Texas '
1946
First meeting of UN General Assembly opens in London (Jan. 10).
Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain speech warns of Soviet expansion (March 5).
League of Nations dissolved (April).
Italy abolishes monarchy (June).
Verdict in Nuremberg war trial: 12 Nazi leaders (including 1 tried in absentia) sentenced to hang; 7 imprisoned; 3 acquitted (Oct. 1).
Goering commits suicide a few hours before 10 other Nazis are executed (Oct. 15).
Juan Peron becomes president of Argentina.
Benjamin Spock's childcare classic published.
Marriage of Roberts, Leon Dale and Tidwell, Peggy Jean on 2 Jan 1946 in 'Texas'
Birth of McNinch, Mary Carol on 14 Jan 1946 in 'Unk'
Marriage of Roberts, Ralph and Hook, Pansy Estella on 23 Mar 1946 in 'Texas'
Birth of Beukeboom, Henk on 15 Sep 1946 in 'Eemnes, The Netherlands'
Birth of Brandenberg, Evelyn Fay on 26 Sep 1946 in 'Sinton, San Patricio County, Texas'
Birth of Ransom, Alta Joyce on 15 Oct 1946 in 'Erath Co., Texas'
Birth of Vauthier, George Ralph on 13 Nov 1946 in 'Gorman, Eastland County, Texas'
Birth of Mesman, Marian B. on 06 Dec 1946 in 'The Netherlands'
1947
Britain nationalizes coal mines (Jan. 1).
Peace treaties for Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Finland signed in Paris (Feb. 10).
Soviet Union rejects U.S. plan for UN atomic-energy control (March 4).
Truman proposes Truman Doctrine, which was to aid Greece and Turkey in resisting communist expansion (March 12).
Marshall Plan for European recovery proposed coordinated program to help European nations recover from ravages of war (June).
(By the time it ended in 1951, this European Recovery Program had cost $13 billion.)
India and Pakistan gain independence from Britain (Aug. 15).
U.S. Air Force pilot Chuck Yeager becomes first person to break the sound barrier (Oct. 14).
Jackie Robinson joins the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl published.
Birth of Evans, Richard Weymiller on 1947
Death of Hair, Jessie Cornelia on 24 Feb 1947 in 'Nocona, TX.'
Birth of Roberts, Sharon Ann on 10 Apr 1947 in 'Texas'
Birth of Hyman, Wayne on 20 Apr 1947 in 'New Jersey'
Birth of Van Bijveld, Trudy on 06 Jun 1947 in 'The Netherlands'
Birth of McNinch, James Paul on 19 Jul 1947 in 'Texas'
1948
Gandhi assassinated in New Delhi by Hindu fanatic (Jan. 30).
Burma (Jan. 4) and Ceylon (Feb. 4) granted independence by Britain.
Communists seize power in Czechoslovakia (Feb. 23 - 25).
Organization of American States (OAS) Charter signed at Bogota, Colombia (April 30).
Nation of Israel proclaimed; British end mandate at midnight; Arab armies attack (May 14).
Berlin blockade begins (June 24), prompting Allied airlift (June 26). (Blockade ends May 12, 1949; airlift continues until Sept. 30, 1949.)
Stalin and Tito break (June 28).
Independent Republic of Korea is proclaimed, following election supervised by UN (Aug. 15).
Verdict in Japanese war trial: 18 imprisoned (Nov. 12); Tojo and six others hanged (Dec. 23).
United States of Indonesia established as Dutch and Indonesians settle conflict (Dec. 27).
Alger Hiss, former U.S. State Department official, indicted on perjury charges after denying passing secret documents to communist spy ring; convicted in second trial (1950) and sentenced to five-year prison term.
Truman ends racial segregation in military. Alfred Kinsey publishes Sexual Behavior in the American Male. Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire wins Pulitzer.
Birth of Luce, Susanne on 1948
Death of Choat, Robert C on 12 Jan 1948 in 'Comanche, Texas'
Birth of Staton, Jerry Udell on 09 Mar 1948 in 'Texas'
Birth of Boucher, Guy Eddie on 10 Apr 1948 in 'Comanche, Texas'
Birth of Beukeboom, Marga on 09 May 1948 in 'Eemnes, The Netherlands'
Birth of Cox, James on 30 May 1948
Birth of Roberts, Marion Lou on 02 Jun 1948 in 'Texas'
Birth of Ransom, Edgar Amos on 15 Jul 1948 in 'Erath Co., Texas'
Birth of Wood, Michael Dan on 06 Aug 1948 in 'Texas'
Marriage of Greeson Jr. , William David and Liebner, Sylvia on 24 Aug 1948 in 'Munich, Germany'
Birth of Cottrell, Sally Jo on 5 Nov 1948 in 'Harve, Montana'
1949
Cease-fire in Palestine (Jan. 7).
Truman proposes Point Four Program to help world's less developed areas (Jan. 20).
Israel signs armistice with Egypt (Feb. 24).
Start of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) treaty signed by 12 nations (April 4).
Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) established (May 23).
First successful Soviet atomic test (July 14).
Communist People's Republic of China formally proclaimed by Chairman Mao Zedong (Oct. 1).
German Democratic Republic (East Germany) established under Soviet rule (Oct. 7).
South Africa institutionalizes apartheid.
Birth of Greeson, David Glenn on 29 Jan 1949
Birth of Vauthier, Loyd Michael on 24 Apr 1949 in 'Dublin, Texas'
Birth of Vauthier, Lynn Monroe on 24 Apr 1949 in 'Dublin, Erath County, Texas'
Identical Twins
Death of Vauthier, Lynn Monroe on 25 Apr 1949 in 'Dublin, Erath County, Texas'
Marriage of Brown, Johnny Franklin and Forrest, Ila Mae on 19 May 1949
Death of Elliott, William "Will" Ross on 9 Jun 1949 in 'Lubbock, Lubbock Co., TX.
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Birth of Rinehart, Ann on 27 Jun 1949 in 'Comanche, Texas'
Birth of Wienberg, Zy on 11 Jul 1949
Birth of Boucher, Tommie Gail on 23 Jul 1949 in 'Comanche, Texas'
Birth of Cannon, Barbara Jean on 4 Sep 1949 in 'Corpus Christi, Nueces Co., Texas'
Marriage of Forrest, Nelson Harrold and Barnes, Dorothy on 5 Sep 1949 in 'San Jose, Santa Clara Co., California'
Birth of Greeson, William Richard on 8 Oct 1949 in 'Palestine, Anderson Co., Texas'
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1950 - 1959
1950 - 1959
1950
Brink's robbery in Boston; almost $3 million stolen (Jan. 17).
Truman orders development of hydrogen bomb (Jan. 31).
Robert Schuman proposes Schuman Plan to pool European coal and steel (May 9). Korean War begins when North Korean
Communist forces invade South Korea (June 25). (For detailed chronology, seeKorean War.)
Assassination attempt on President Truman by Puerto Rican nationalists (Nov. 1).
McCarthyism begins.
Death of Unk wife C W Dalton, Ola M on 1950 in 'Tarrant Co., TX.'
Birth of McNinch, Beth on 27 Apr 1950 in 'Unk'
Birth of Beukeboom, Gerda on 21 Jun 1950 in 'Eemnes, The Netherlands'
1951
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for passing atomic secrets to Russians (March).
Spurred by Schuman Plan, six nations form European Coal and Steel Community (April); effective 1952.
Japanese peace treaty signed in San Francisco by 49 nations (Sept. 8).
Color television introduced in U.S.
Libya gains independence (Dec. 24).
Birth of Adams III , Charles Dewitt on 1951 in 'Texas'
Death of Elliott, James Washington on 1951 in 'Lynn Co., TX.'
Death of Smith, Martha Caroline on 11 Jan 1951 in 'Merkel, Taylor Co., TX.'
Death of Watson Jr. , John J on 3 Feb 1951 in 'Tarrant Co., Texas'
Death of Ragland, John David on 5 Apr 1951 in 'Dublin, Erath Co., Texas'
Death of Elliott, Eula Mae on 31 Aug 1951 in 'Wills Point, Van Zandt Co., TX.'
Birth of Vauthier, Barbara Sue on 26 Sep 1951 in 'Dublin, Texas '
Death of Unk wife of John J Watson Jr., Lucy E. on 15 Oct 1951 in 'Texas'
Death of Hurt, Minnie Belle on 23 Dec 1951 in 'Dublin, Erath Co., Texas'
1952
George VI dies; his daughter becomes Elizabeth II (Feb. 6).
AEC announces satisfactory experiments in hydrogen-weapons research; eyewitnesses tell of blasts near Enewetak (Nov.).
Ralph Ellison's The Invisible Man.
Birth of Farrell, Dennis on 1952
Birth of McNinch, David Leon on 24 Jun 1952 in 'Unk'
Death of Boucher, William Oscar "Bee" on 19 Jul 1952 in 'Texas'
Birth of Beukeboom, Hennie on 26 Sep 1952 in 'Eemnes, The Netherlands'
Birth of Mackey, Mona Marie on 07 Nov 1952 in 'Dublin, Erath Co., Texas'
Marriage of Payne, James "Jim" R and Elliott, Mary Jane on 26 Dec 1952 in 'Nolan Co., Texas'
1953 Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower inaugurated president of United States (Jan. 20).
Stalin dies (March 5). Malenkov becomes Soviet premier; Beria, minister of interior; Molotov, foreign minister (March 6).
Dag Hammarskjold begins term as UN secretary-general (April 10).
James Watson and Francis Crick publish their discovery of the molecular model of DNA (April - May).
Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal reach top of Mt. Everest (May 29).
East Berliners rise against Communist rule; quelled by tanks (June 17).
Egypt becomes republic ruled by military junta (June 18).
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed in Sing Sing prison (June 19).
Korean armistice signed (July 27).
Moscow announces explosion of hydrogen bomb (Aug. 20).
Tito becomes president of Yugoslavia.
James Watson, Francis Crick, and Rosalind Franklin discover structure of DNA.
Ernest Hemingway wins Pulitzer for The Old Man and the Sea.
Marriage of Forrest, Daniel Bedford and Lewis, Patricia on Before 1953 in 'Phoenix, Maricopa Co., Arizona'
Birth of Forrest, Truett Nelson on 23 Jan 1953 in 'San Jose, Santa Clara Co., California'
Birth of Harris Jr. , Joe Douglas on 29 Apr 1953
Birth of Forrest, Michael Lewis on 14 May 1953 in 'Phoenix, Maricopa Co., Arizona'
Death of Cline, Luther Colquit on 21 May 1953 in 'Harbin, Texas'
Birth of De Ruijter, Teus on 24 Oct 1953 in 'Benschop, The Netherlands'
Birth of Boucher, William Clyde on 10 Nov 1953 in 'Sugarland, Texas'
Death of Unk wife of D T Whitworth, Anne J "Annie" on 24 Nov 1953 in 'Georgetown, Williamson Co., TX.'
Death of Greeson, Davina Marye on 12 Dec 1953 in 'Tyler, Smith Co. Texas'
Birth of Vauthier, Silvia Ann on 15 Dec 1953 in 'Dublin, Texas'
1954 First atomic submarine Nautilus launched (Jan. 21).
Five U.S. congressmen shot on floor of House as Puerto Rican nationalists fire from spectators' gallery; all five recover (March 1).
Soviet Union grants sovereignty to East Germany (March 23).
Army v. McCarthy inquiry Senate subcommittee report blames both sides (April 22 - June 17).
Dien Bien Phu, French military outpost in Vietnam, falls to Vietminh army (May 7).
U.S. Supreme Court (in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka) unanimously bans racial segregation in public schools (May 17).
Eisenhower launches world atomic pool without Soviet Union (Sept. 6).
Eight-nation Southeast Asia defense treaty (SEATO) signed at Manila (Sept. 8).
Dr. Jonas Salk starts inoculating children against polio.
Algerian War of Independence against France begins (Nov.);
France struggles to maintain colonial rule until 1962 when it agrees to Algeria's independence.
William Faulkner's A Fable wins Pulitzer.
Birth of Farrell, Paula on 1954
Death of Elliott, Joseph "Joe" Andrew Neal on 1954 in 'Ft. Worth, Texas'
Death of Elliott, John Hinton on 30 Jan 1954 in 'Albany, Shackelford Co., TX.'
Birth of Forrest, Fred Bayard on 8 Jul 1954 in 'San Jose, Santa Clara Co., California'
Death of Elliott Jr. , Aaron Burr on 12 Sep 1954
Death of McMath, Archelous G "Arch" on 9 Oct 1954 in 'Phoenix, Maricopa Co., AZ.'
1955
Nikolai A. Bulganin becomes Soviet premier, replacing Malenkov (Feb. 8).
Churchill resigns; Anthony Eden succeeds him (April 6).
West Germany becomes a sovereign state (May 5).
Western European Union (WEU) comes into being (May 6).
Warsaw Pact, east European mutual defense agreement, signed (May 14).
Argentina ousts Peron (Sept. 19).
President Eisenhower suffers coronary thrombosis in Denver (Sept. 24).
Rosa Parks refuses to sit at the back of the bus.
Martin Luther King, Jr., leads black boycott of Montgomery, Ala., bus system (Dec. 1); desegregated service begins Dec. 21, 1956.
AFL and CIO become one organization AFL-CIO (Dec. 5).
Tennessee Williams's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof wins Pulitzer.
Marriage of Smith, Charles Everede and Forrest, Inez on ca. 1955
Death of Greeson, William David on 17 Jan 1955 in 'Texas'
Death of Elliott, Alice Viola on 9 Mar 1955 in 'Texas?'
Birth of Craig Jr. , Jack Louis on 10 Apr 1955
Death of Elliott, Rennie B on 27 May 1955 in 'Portales, NM.'
Birth of Roberts, Charles Leon on 05 Jun 1955 in 'Texas'
Birth of Forrest, Patricia Danielle on 10 Aug 1955
Marriage of Ragland, Jerry Cline and Fuller, Phylis Wayne on 16 Dec 1955 in 'Texas'
Birth of Milland, Padron Teresa on ca 1955 in 'Texas'
1956
Nikita Khrushchev, First Secretary of USSR Communist Party, denounces Stalin's excesses (Feb. 24).
First aerial H-bomb tested over Namu islet, Bikini Atoll - 10 million tons TNT equivalent (May 21).
Workers' uprising against Communist rule in Poznan, Poland, is crushed (June 28 - 30); rebellion inspires Hungarian students to stage a protest against Communism in Budapest (Oct. 23).
Egypt takes control of Suez Canal (July 26).
Hungarian rebellion forces Soviet troops to withdraw from Budapest (Oct.).
Israel launches attack on Egypt's Sinai peninsula and drives toward Suez Canal (Oct. 29).
Imre Nagy announces Hungary's withdrawal from Warsaw Pact (Nov. 1); Soviet troops enter and reclaim Budapest (Nov. 4).
British and French invade Port Said on the Suez Canal (Nov. 5). Cease-fire forced by U.S. pressure stops British, French, and Israeli advance (Nov. 6).
Morocco gains independence.
Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal.
Allen Ginsberg's Howl.
Death of Ragland, Martha Hughes on 1956 in '
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Birth of Farrell, Michael on 1956
Birth of Wellbacher, Arlene on 28 Jan 1956 in 'San Antonio, Texas'
Death of Dalton, Carl William on 25 Jul 1956 in ' Tarrant Co., TX.'
Death of Elliott Jr. , Robert "Bob" Alexander on 30 Oct 1956 in 'Moran, Shackelford Co., TX.'
1957
Eisenhower Doctrine calls for aid to Mideast countries which resist armed aggression from Communist-controlled nations (Jan. 5).
The Little Rock Nine integrate Arkansas high school. Eisenhower sends troops to quell mob and protect school integration (Sept. 24).
Russians launch Sputnik I, first Earth-orbiting satellite the Space Age begins (Oct. 4).
Birth of Ragland, Stephen Blake on 24 Jun 1957
Birth of Roberts, Ronnie Joe on 27 Nov 1957 in 'Texas'
1958
European Economic Community (Common Market) becomes effective (Jan. 1).
Army's Jupiter-C rocket fires first U.S. Earth satellite, Explorer I, into orbit (Jan. 31).
Egypt and Syria merge into United Arab Republic (Feb. 1).
Khrushchev becomes premier of Soviet Union as Bulganin resigns (Mar. 27).
Gen. Charles de Gaulle becomes French premier (June 1), remaining in power until 1969.
Eisenhower orders U.S. Marines into Lebanon at request of President Chamoun, who fears overthrow (July 15).
New French constitution adopted (Sept. 28), de Gaulle elected president of 5th Republic (Dec. 21).
Birth of Craig, Joe Bob on 20 Jan 1958 in 'Fort Worth, Texas'
Birth of Boyce, Mary Beth on 25 May 1958 in 'Texas'
Death of Elliott, Claude on 1 Oct 1958 in 'Houston, Harris Co., TX.'
1959
Cuban President Batista resigns and flees Castro takes over (Jan. 1).
Tibet's Dalai Lama escapes to India (Mar. 31).
St. Lawrence Seaway opens, allowing ocean ships to reach Midwest (April 25).
Alaska and Hawaii become states.
Leakeys discover hominid fossils.
Birth of Miller, Larry on 1959 in 'Des Moines, Iowa'
Birth of Craig, William Dwayne on 22 Apr 1959 in 'Fort Worth, Texas'
Death of Wiseman, Irene "Pap" on 28 Aug 1959 in 'Wichita Falls, Wichita Co., TX.'
Birth of Ragland, Lisa Dale on 26 Sep 1959
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1960 - 1969
1960 - 1969
1960
American U-2 spy plane, piloted by Francis Gary Powers, shot down over Russia (May 1).
Khrushchev kills Paris summit conference because of U-2 (May 16).
Top Nazi murderer of Jews, Adolf Eichmann, captured by Israelis in Argentina (May 23) executed in Israel in 1962.
Powers sentenced to prison for 10 years (Aug. 19) freed in February 1962 in exchange for Soviet spy.
Communist China and Soviet Union split in conflict over Communist ideology.
Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria, Madagascar, and Zaire (Belgian Congo) gain independence.
Cuba begins confiscation of $770 million of U.S. property (Aug. 7).
There are 900 U.S. military advisers in South Vietnam.
Charles Vauthier and Family move from Dublin to Sinton, in South Texas
Death of Boucher, Thomas "Tom" Lewis on 24 Feb 1960 in 'Texas'
Birth of Forrest, Alan Duane on 16 Aug 1960
Birth of Woods, Cameron Kay on 22 Nov 1960 in 'Texas'
1961
U.S. breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba (Jan. 3).
Robert Frost recites The Gift Outright at John F. Kennedy's inauguration as president of U.S. (Jan. 20).
Moscow announces putting first man in orbit around Earth, Maj. Yuri A. Gagarin (April 12).
Cuba invaded at Bay of Pigs by an estimated 1,200 anti-Castro exiles aided by U.S.; invasion crushed (April 17).
First U.S. spaceman, Navy Cmdr. Alan B. Shepard, Jr., rockets 116.5 miles up in 302-mile trip (May 5). Virgil Grissom becomes second American astronaut, making 118-mile-high, 303-mile-long rocket flight over Atlantic (July 21).
Gherman Stepanovich Titov is launched in Soviet spaceship Vostok II: makes 171/2 orbits in 25 hours, covering 434,960 miles before landing safely (Aug. 6).
East Germans erect Berlin Wall between East and West Berlin to halt flood of refugees (Aug. 13).
USSR fires 50-megaton hydrogen bomb, biggest explosion in history (Oct. 29).
There are 2,000 U.S. military advisers in South Vietnam.
Birth of Rasberry, Wallace Erwin on 12 Aug 1961 in 'Dublin, Texas'
Death of Barron, Roscoe Blaine on 24 Nov 1961 in 'Texas'
Death of Boucher, Alta Josephine on 15 Dec 1961 in 'Harbin, Erath County, Texas'
1962
Lt. Col. John H. Glenn, Jr., is first American to orbit Earth three times in 4 hr 55 min (Feb. 20).
France transfers sovereignty to new republic of Algeria (July 3).
Cuban missile crisis - USSR to build missile bases in Cuba; Kennedy orders Cuban blockade, lifts blockade after Russians back down (Aug. - Nov.).
James H. Meredith, escorted by federal marshals, registers at University of Mississippi (Oct. 1).
Pope John XXIII opens Second Vatican Council (Oct. 11) Council holds four sessions, finally closing Dec. 8, 1965.
Cuba releases 1,113 prisoners of 1961 invasion attempt (Dec. 24).
Burundi, Jamaica, Western Samoa, Uganda, and Trinidad and Tobago become independent.
William Faulkner wins Pulitzer for The Reivers.
Rachel Carson's Silent Spring.
Birth of Griner, jefferson Noble on ABT 1962 in 'Uvalde Co., Texas'
Birth of Boucher, Gabriella Ann on 1962 in 'Texas'
Death of Morris, Lola Prudence on 9 Apr 1962 in 'Abilene, Taylor Co., TX.'
Death of Hawkins, Joseph L "Joe" on 16 May 1962 in 'Texas'
Birth of Ray, Susan Francine on 23 May 1962 in 'Dallas, Texas'
Death of Hicks, Arthur James on 29 Jun 1962
Marriage of Mitchell, Unk and Forrest, Cora Lee on After 1962
1963
France and West Germany sign treaty of cooperation ending four centuries of conflict (Jan. 22).
Michael E. De Bakey implants artificial heart in human for first time at Houston hospital; plastic device functions and patient lives for four days (April 21).
Pope John XXIII dies (June 3) succeeded June 21 by Cardinal Montini, who becomes Paul VI.
U.S. Supreme Court rules no locality may require recitation of Lord's Prayer or Bible verses in public schools (June 17).
U.K.'s Profumo scandal (June).
Civil rights rally held by 200,000 blacks and whites in Washington, D.C.; Martin Luther King delivers I have a dream speech (Aug. 28).
Washington-to-Moscow hot line communications link opens, designed to reduce risk of accidental war (Aug. 30).
President Kennedy shot and killed by sniper in Dallas, Tex. Lyndon B. Johnson becomes president same day (Nov. 22). Lee Harvey Oswald, accused assassin of President Kennedy, is shot and killed by Jack Ruby, Dallas nightclub owner (Nov. 24).
Kenya achieves independence.
Betty Friedan publishes The Feminine Mystique.
There are 15,000 U.S. military advisers in South Vietnam.
Death of Vauthier, Just Arthur on 9 Feb 1963 in 'Harbin, Erath County, Texas'
Birth of Williams, Kimberly Ann on 14 Dec 1963 in 'Texas'
1964
U.S. Supreme Court rules that congressional districts should be roughly equal in population (Feb. 17).
Jack Ruby convicted of murder in slaying of Lee Harvey Oswald; sentenced to death by Dallas jury (March 14) conviction reversed Oct. 5, 1966; Ruby dies Jan. 3, 1967, before second trial can be held.
Three civil rights workers Schwerner, Goodman, and Cheney murdered in Mississippi (June). Twenty-one arrests result in trial and conviction of seven by federal jury.
Nelson Mandela sentenced to life imprisonment (June 11).
Congress approves Gulf of Tonkin resolution (Aug. 7).
President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy issues Warren Report concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone.
The Beatles appear on The Ed Sullivan Show.
Birth of Boucher, Byron Scott on 1964 in 'Texas'
Birth of Weaver, James "Rusty" on ca. 1964
Birth of Satterwhite, Kevin on 12 jan 1964 in 'Stephenville, Texas'
Death of Stockton, William Berton on 12 Feb 1964 in 'Dublin, Texas'
Birth of Ragland, Drexel Wayne on 05 Mar 1964
Death of Elliott Sr. , Aaron Burr on 30 Apr 1964 in 'Callahan Co., TX.'
Birth of Rasberry, Cecilia Ann on 5 Aug 1964 in 'Dallas, Texas'
Birth of Hogg, Dede on 23 Dec 1964 in 'Ranger, Texas'
Death of Elliott, Mary Elizabeth on 29 Dec 1964 in 'Lubbock, TX.'
1965
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and more than 2,600 other blacks arrested in Selma, Ala., during three-day demonstrations against voter-registration rules (Feb. 1).
Malcolm X, black-nationalist leader, shot to death at Harlem rally in New York City (Feb. 21).
U.S. Marines land in Dominican Republic as fighting persists between rebels and Dominican army (April 28).
Medicare, senior citizens' government medical assistance program, begins (July 1).
Blacks riot for six days in Watts section of Los Angeles: 34 dead, over 1,000 injured, nearly 4,000 arrested, fire damage put at $175 million (Aug. 11?|16).
Power failure in Ontario plant blacks out parts of eight states of northeast U.S. and two provinces of southeast Canada (Nov. 9).
Ralph Nader's Unsafe at Any Speed.
Birth of Tactor, Frido on 1965 in 'unk'
Marriage of Vauthier, Kenneth Charles and Stallcup, Mary Melissa on 2 Oct 1965 in 'Austin, Texas'
1966
Black teenagers riot in Watts, Los Angeles; two men killed and at least 25 injured (March 15).
Supreme Court decides Miranda v. Arizona.
Death of Boucher, James Allen "Al" on 1966 in 'Texas'
Death of Elliott, Mattie Gertrude "Patsy" on 26 Aug 1966 in 'Arlington, Tarrant Co.,TX.'
Death of Elliott, Mattie Gertrude "Patsy" on 26 Aug 1966 in 'Arlington, Tarrant Co.,TX.'
Death of Elliott, Charles Culbertson "Culbert" on 24 Dec 1966 in 'Arlington, Tarrant Co., TX.'
1967
Three Apollo astronauts Col. Virgil I. Grissom, Col. Edward White II, and Lt. Cmdr. Roger B. Chaffee killed in spacecraft fire during simulated launch (Jan. 27).
Biafra secedes from Nigeria (May 30).
Israeli and Arab forces battle; six-day war ends with Israel occupying Sinai Peninsula, Golan Heights, Gaza Strip, and east bank of Suez Canal (June 5).
Red China announces explosion of its first hydrogen bomb (June 17).
Racial violence in Detroit; 7,000 National Guardsmen aid police after night of rioting. Similar outbreaks occur in New York City's Spanish Harlem, Rochester, N.Y., Birmingham, Ala., and New Britain, Conn. (July 23).
Thurgood Marshall sworn in as first black U.S. Supreme Court justice (Oct. 2).
Dr. Christiaan N. Barnard and team of South African surgeons perform world's first successful human heart transplant (Dec. 3) patient dies 18 days later.
Birth of Friday, Haven Swint on 1967
Death of Ragland, Nancy Newton on 1967
Birth of Miller, Thomas Lee on 17 Mar 1967 in 'Seattle, Washington'
Death of Roberts, Adrian Leon on 12 Aug 1967 in 'Texas'
Birth of Walraven, Thomas on 17 Sep 1967 in 'Amsterdam, ? The Netherlands'
Marriage of Vauthier, George Ralph and Brandenberg, Evelyn Fay on 20 Nov 1967 in 'Honolulu, Hawaii'
Military service of Vauthier, George Ralph 1967 to 1968 Vietnam
( I have estimated these years, could be early 1968 to 1969, I do know he left for Vietnam after training in Hawaii )
1968
North Korea seizes U.S. Navy ship Pueblo; holds 83 on board as spies (Jan. 23).
Tet offensive, turning point in Vietnam war (Jan. - Feb.). My Lai massacre (March 16).
President Johnson announces he will not seek or accept presidential renomination (March 31). Martin Luther King, Jr., civil rights leader, is slain in Memphis (April 4) James Earl Ray, indicted in murder, captured in London on June 8. In 1969 Ray pleads guilty and is sentenced to 99 years.
Sen. Robert F. Kennedy is shot and critically wounded in Los Angeles hotel after winning California primary (June 5) dies June 6.
Sirhan B. Sirhan convicted 1969.
Czechoslovakia is invaded by Russians and Warsaw Pact forces to crush liberal regime (Aug. 20).
Death of Boucher, Roy on 1968
Birth of Vauthier, Justin Michael on 23 Nov 1968 in 'LaFayette, LaFayette Perish, Louisiana'
Birth of Forrest, Randall Hughes on 11 Dec 1968
Birth of Hardin, Stephanie Lynncricket on 29 Dec 1968 in 'Memphis, Tennessee'
1969
Richard M. Nixon is inaugurated 37th president of the U.S. (Jan. 20).
Stonewall riot in New York City marks beginning of gay rights movement (June 28).
Apollo 11 astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., and Michael Collins take man's first walk on moon (July 20).
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy pleads guilty to leaving scene of fatal accident at Chappaquiddick, Mass. (July 18), in which Mary Jo Kopechne was drowned gets two-month suspended sentence (July 25).
Woodstock Festival (Aug. 15 - 17).
Sesame Street debuts.
Internet (ARPA) goes online.
Death of Elliott, Nora Ella on 18 Feb 1969 in 'Phoenix, Maricopa Co., AZ.'
Death of Cline, Minnie on 07 Jun 1969 in 'Dublin, Erath Co., Texas'
Military service of Vauthier, Loyd Michael on 4 Aug 1969 to 4 Aug 1970 in 'Bihn Thuy AB, Vietinam'
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1970 - 1979
1970 - 1979
1970
Biafra surrenders after 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria (Jan. 15).
Rhodesia severs last tie with British crown and declares itself a racially segregated republic (March 1).
U.S. troops invade Cambodia (May 1).
Four students at Kent State University in Ohio slain by National Guardsmen at demonstration protesting incursion into Cambodia (May 4).
Senate repeals Gulf of Tonkin resolution (June 24).
Birth of McNinch, Marci on ca. 1970
Birth of Friday, Mona Lois on 1970
Birth of Boucher, Sharon Michelle on 1970 in 'Texas'
Death of Forrest, Bedford on 5 Jun 1970 in 'San Jose, Santa Clara Co., California'
Birth of Wood, Amy Delean on 22 Aug 1970 in 'Texas'
Birth of Miller-Smith, Michelle Yvonne on 5 Oct 1970 in 'Syracuse, New York'
Death of Hair, Hallie E on 10 Nov 1970 in 'Callahan Co., TX.'
Birth of Ramus, Venessa on 5 Dec 1970 in 'Chenooke, Montana'
Marriage of Adams III , Charles Dewitt and Vauthier, Barbara Sue on 07 Dec 1970 in 'Nueces Co., Texas'
1971
Supreme Court rules unanimously that busing of students may be ordered to achieve racial desegregation (April 20).
Anti-war militants attempt to disrupt government business in Washington (May 3) police and military units arrest as many as 12,000; most are later released.
Pentagon Papers published (June).
Twenty-sixth Amendment to U.S. Constitution lowers voting age to 18.
UN seats Communist China and expels Nationalist China (Oct. 25).
Death of Elliott, Willie Mae on 1 Mar 1971 in 'Callahan Co., TX.'
Marriage of Staton, Jerry Udell and Roberts, Marion Lou on 03 Apr 1971 in 'Texas'
Birth of Adams, Jennifer Reagan on 25 Jun 1971 in 'Austin, Texas'
Death of Choat, Mattie Isabelle on 6 Oct 1971 in 'Stephenville, Erath Co., Texas'
Marriage of Beukeboom, Antonius and Mesman, Marian B. on 20 Dec 1971 in 'Haarlemmermeer, The Nederlands'
1972
President Nixon makes unprecedented eight-day visit to Communist China and meets with Mao Zedong (Feb. 21 - 27).
Britain takes over direct rule of Northern Ireland in bid for peace (March 24).
Gov. George C. Wallace of Alabama is shot by Arthur H. Bremer at Laurel, Md., political rally (May 15).
Five men are apprehended by police in attempt to bug Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C.'s Watergate complex start of the Watergate scandal (June 17).
Supreme Court rules that death penalty is unconstitutional (June 29).
Eleven Israeli athletes at Olympic Games in Munich are killed after eight members of an Arab terrorist group invade Olympic Village; five guerrillas and one policeman are also killed (Sept. 5).
Christmas bombing of North Vietnam (Dec. 25).
Marriage of Howell, Doug and Farrell, Paula on ca 1972 in '? Washington'
Birth of Nichols, Michael (Mike) R. on 1972 in '? Texas or Louisiana'
Marriage of Casas Jr. , Elias Mireles and Vauthier, Silvia Ann on 14 Feb 1972 in 'San Patrico Co., Texas'
Birth of Casas, Elias Eduardo on 19 Mar 1972 in 'Eastland Co., Texas'
Death of Elliott, Mary Jane on 25 Nov 1972 in 'Nolan Co., Texas'
Marriage of Lacunes, William and Beukeboom, Gerda on 19 Dec 1972 in 'UNK'
Marriage of Beukeboom, Henk and Van Bijveld, Trudy on 27 Dec 1972 in 'Naarden, The Nederlands'
1973
Great Britain, Ireland, and Denmark enter European Economic Community (Jan. 1).
Supreme Court rules on Roe v. Wade (Jan. 22). Vietnam War ends with signing of peace pacts (Jan. 27).
Nixon, on national TV, accepts responsibility, but not blame, for Watergate; accepts resignations of advisers H. R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman, fires John W. Dean III as counsel (April 30).
Greek military junta abolishes monarchy and proclaims republic (June 1).
U.S. bombing of Cambodia ends, marking official halt to 12 years of combat activity in Southeast Asia (Aug. 15).
Chile's Marxist president, Salvadore Allende, is overthrown (Sept. 11).
Fourth and biggest Arab-Israeli conflict begins as Egyptian and Syrian forces attack Israel as Jews mark Yom Kippur, holiest day in their calendar (Oct. 6).
Spiro T. Agnew resigns as vice president and then, in federal court in Baltimore, pleads no contest to charges of evasion of income taxes on $29,500 he received in 1967, while governor of Maryland. He is fined $10,000 and put on three years' probation (Oct. 10).
In the Saturday Night Massacre, Nixon fires special Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox and Deputy Attorney General William D. Ruckelshaus; Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson resigns (Oct. 20).
Egypt and Israel sign U.S.-sponsored cease-fire accord (Nov. 11).
Duke Ellington's autobiography, Music Is My Mistress, is published.
Birth of Howell, Derrek on 1973
Birth of Beukeboom, Arjan on 15 Aug 1973 in 'Hilversum, the Netherlands'
1974
Patricia Hearst, 19-year-old daughter of publisher Randolph Hearst, kidnapped by Symbionese Liberation Army (Feb. 5).
House Judiciary Committee adopts three articles of impeachment charging President Nixon with obstruction of justice, failure to uphold laws, and refusal to produce material subpoenaed by the committee (July 30).
Richard M. Nixon announces he will resign the next day, the first president to do so (Aug. 8).
Vice President Gerald R. Ford of Michigan is sworn in as 38th president of the U.S. (Aug. 9).
Ford grants full, free, and absolute pardon to ex-president Nixon (Sept. 8).
Birth of Howell, Rachel on 1974
Birth of Vauthier, Mary Kathrine on 9 Jan 1974 in 'Dallas, Texas'
Marriage of Vauthier, Loyd Michael and Cottrell, Sally Jo on 19 Apr 1974 in 'Conway, Horry Co., South Carolina'
Birth of Harrell, Christopher on 26 Oct 1974 in 'Texas'
1975
John N. Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman found guilty of Watergate cover-up (Jan. 1); sentenced to 30 months to 8 years in jail (Feb. 21).
Pol Pot and Khmer Rouge take over Cambodia (April).
American merchant ship Mayaguez, seized by Cambodian forces, is rescued in operation by U.S. Navy and Marines, 38 of whom are killed (May 15).
Apollo and Soyuz spacecraft take off for U.S.-Soviet link-up in space (July 15).
President Ford escapes assassination attempt in Sacramento, Calif. (Sept. 5).
President Ford escapes second assassination attempt in 17 days (Sept. 22).
Birth of McNinch, Mark William on ca. 1975
Death of Baggett, Sallie on 26 Jan 1975 in 'Shackelford Co., TX'
Birth of Staton, Shelly Ann on 04 Feb 1975 in 'Texas'
Death of Vauthier, Millard Monroe on 27 Mar 1975 in 'Harbin, Texas'
Death of Vauthier, Maggie Florance on 27 Mar 1975 in 'Texas'
Death of Alexander, Kay Cline on 8 Apr 1975
Birth of Casas, Elisha Ann on 11 Apr 1975 in 'Austin, Travis Co., Texas'
Birth of Beukeboom, Jannette on 23 Jul 1975
Birth of Beukeboom, Kim on 23 Jul 1975
Twins
Birth of Vauthier, Jason Ralph on 23 Jul 1975 in 'Corpus Christi, Nueces Co., Texas'
Birth of Farr, Heather Elaine on 31 Oct 1975
Birth of Hyman, Zoe on 31 Dec 1975 in 'Baarn, Province Utrecht, The Netherlands'
Death of Devenny, Leo on ca 1975
1976
Supreme Court rules that blacks and other minorities are entitled to retroactive job seniority (March 24).
Ford signs Federal Election Campaign Act (May 11).
Supreme Court rules that death penalty is not inherently cruel or unusual and is a constitutionally acceptable form of punishment (July 3).
Nation celebrates bicentennial (July 4).
Israeli airborne commandos attack Uganda's Entebbe Airport and free 103 hostages held by pro-Palestinian hijackers of Air France plane; one Israeli and several Ugandan soldiers killed in raid (July 4).
Mysterious disease that eventually claims 29 lives strikes American Legion convention in Philadelphia (Aug. 4).
Jimmy Carter elected U.S. president (Nov. 2).
Birth of Parker, Daniel E. on 1976 in 'Dublin, Erath Co., Texas'
Death of Cannon, William Wood on 3 Mar 1976 in 'Yoakum, Lavaca Co., Texas'
Birth of Vauthier, John Michael on 23 Mar 1976 in 'Myrtle Beach, South Carolina'
Birth of Beukeboom, Esther on 23 May 1976 in 'Baarn, The Netherlands'
v Death of Elliott, Franklin "Frank" Leonard on 16 Aug 1976 in 'Portales, Roosevelt Co., NM.'
Birth of Wilson, Barry on 15 Oct 1976 in 'Texas'
1977
First woman Episcopal priest ordained (Jan. 1).
Scientists identify previously unknown bacterium as cause of mysterious legionnaire's disease (Jan. 18).
Carter pardons Vietnam draft evaders (Jan. 21).
Scientists report using bacteria in lab to make insulin (May 23).
Supreme Court rules that states are not required to spend Medicaid funds on elective abortions (June 20).
Deng Xiaoping, purged Chinese leader, restored to power as Gang of Four is expelled from Communist Party (July 22).
South African activist Stephen Biko dies in police custody (Sept. 12).
Nuclear-proliferation pact, curbing spread of nuclear weapons, signed by 15 countries, including U.S. and USSR (Sept. 21).
Death of Elliott, Lillie Rose on 9 Jun 1977 in 'Bartlett, Bell Co., TX.'
Birth of Vauthier, Kenneth Arthur on 7 Sep 1977 in 'Wiesbuanden, (Texas Birth Right) Germany'
Birth of Farr, Justin Lane on 20 Dec 1977
1978
President chooses Federal Appeals Court Judge William H. Webster as F.B.I. Director (Jan. 19).
Rhodesia's prime minister Ian D. Smith and three black leaders agree on transfer to black majority rule (Feb. 15).
U.S. Senate approves Panama Canal neutrality treaty (March 16); votes treaty to turn canal over to Panama by year 2000 (April 18).
Former Italian premier Aldo Moro kidnapped by left wing terrorists, who kill five bodyguards (March 16); he is found slain (May 9).
Californians in referendum approve Proposition 13 for nearly 60% slash in property tax revenues (June 6).
Supreme Court, in Bakke case, bars quota systems in college admissions but affirms constitutionality of programs giving advantage to minorities (June 28).
Pope Paul VI, dead at 80, mourned (Aug. 6); new Pope, John Paul I, 65, dies unexpectedly after 34 days in office (Sept. 28); succeeded by Karol Cardinal Wojtyla of Poland as John Paul II (Oct. 16).
Framework for Peace in Middle East signed by Egypt's president Anwar Sadat and Israeli premier Menachem Begin after 13-day conference at Camp David led by President Carter (Sept. 17).
Jim Jones's followers commit mass suicide in Jonestown, Guyana (Nov. 18).
Death of De Ruijter, Hendrike on 16 Jan 1978 in 'The Netherlands'
Birth of Hyman, Benjamin on 2 Feb 1978 in 'Baarn, Province of Utrecht, The Netherlands'
Birth of De Ruijter, Jeroen Hendrik on 13 Mar 1978
Birth of Brown, Natalie on 12 Jun 1978 in 'Texas'
Death of Vauthier, Maria Euphrasie on 16 Jun 1978 in 'Taylor, Texas'
Birth of Wood, Hunter Roberts on 22 Jun 1978 in 'Texas'
1979
Oil spills pollute ocean waters in Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico (Jan. 1, June 8, July 21).
Ohio agrees to pay $675,000 to families of dead and injured in Kent State University shootings (Jan. 4).
Vietnam and Vietnam-backed Cambodian insurgents announce fall of Phnom Penh, Cambodian capital, and collapse of Pol Pot regime (Jan. 7).
Shah leaves Iran after year of turmoil (Jan. 16); revolutionary forces under Muslim leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, take over (Feb. 1 et seq.).
Nuclear power plant accident at Three Mile Island, Pa., releases radiation (March 28).
Conservatives win British election; Margaret Thatcher new prime minister (May 3).
Carter and Brezhnev sign SALT II agreement (June 14).
Nicaraguan president Gen. Anastasio Somoza Debayle resigns and flees to Miami (July 17); Sandinistas form government (July 19).
Earl Mountbatten of Burma, 79, British World War II hero, and three others killed by blast on fishing boat off Irish coast (Aug. 27); two I.R.A. members accused (Aug. 30).
Iranian militants seize U.S. embassy in Tehran and hold hostages (Nov. 4). Soviet invasion of Afghanistan stirs world protests (Dec. 27).
Birth of McNinch, Jason Paul on ca. 1979
Birth of Vauthier, Sharon Melissa on 2 Jun 1979 in 'Corpus Christi, Nueces Co.,Texas'
Death of Forrest, Olan Charles on 20 Aug 1979
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1980
Six U.S. embassy aides escape from Iran with Canadian help (Jan. 29).
F.B.I.'s undercover operation Abscam (for Arab scam) implicates public officials (Feb. 2).
U.S. breaks diplomatic ties with Iran (April 7).
Eight U.S. servicemen are killed and five are injured as helicopter and cargo plane collide in abortive desert raid to rescue American hostages in Tehran (April 25).
Supreme Court upholds limits on federal aid for abortions (June 30).
Shah of Iran dies at 60 (July 27).
Anastasio Somoza Debayle, ousted Nicaragua ruler, and two aides assassinated in Asuncion, Paraguay capital (Sept. 17).
Iraq troops hold 90 square miles of Iran after invasion; 8-year Iran-Iraq war begins (Sept. 19).
Ronald Reagan elected president in Republican sweep (Nov. 4).
Three U.S. nuns and lay worker found shot in El Salvador (Dec. 4).
John Lennon of the Beatles shot dead in New York City (Dec. 8).
Smallpox eradicated.
Birth of Hinckley, Emily Rose on 28 Jun 1980 in 'Travis Co., Texas'
Birth of Stewart, Chantel on 21 Oct 1980 in 'Montana'
Birth of Womelsdorf, Anthony on 24 Oct 1980
1981
Ronald Reagan takes oath as 40th president (Jan. 20).
U.S.-Iran agreement frees 52 hostages held in Tehran since 1979 (Jan. 20); hostages welcomed back in U.S. (Jan. 25).
President Reagan wounded by gunman, with press secretary and two law-enforcement officers (March 30).
Pope John Paul II wounded by gunman (May 14).
Reagan nominates Judge Sandra Day O'Connor, 51, of Arizona, as first woman on Supreme Court (July 7).
More than 110 die in collapse of aerial walkways in lobby of Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City; 188 injured (July 18).
Air controllers strike, disrupting flights (Aug. 3); government dismisses strikers (Aug. 11).
AIDS is first identified.
Marriage of Hinckley, Michael Scott and Vauthier, Silvia Ann on 19 Jan 1981 in 'Travis Co., Texas'
Death of McMath, John E on 11 Jul 1981 in 'Phoenix, Maricopa Co., AZ.'
Birth of De Ruijter, Saunder Teunis on 11 Dec 1981 in 'TheNetherlands'
1982
British overcome Argentina in Falklands war (April 2 - June 15).
Israel invades Lebanon in attack on P.L.O. (June 4).
John W. Hinckley, Jr., found not guilty because of insanity in shooting of President Reagan (June 21).
Alexander M. Haig, Jr., resigns as secretary of state (June 25).
Equal Rights Amendment fails ratification (June 30).
Princess Grace, 52, dies of injuries when car plunges off mountain road; daughter Stephanie, 17, suffers serious injuries (Sept. 14).
Lebanese Christian Phalangists kill hundreds of people in two Palestinian refugee camps in West Beirut (Sept. 15).
Leonid Brezhnev, Soviet leader, dies at 75 (Nov. 10).
Yuri V. Andropov, 68, chosen as successor (Nov. 15).
Permanent artificial heart implanted in human for first time in Dr. Barney B. Clark, 61, at University of Utah Medical Center in Salt Lake City (Dec. 2).
Marriage of Roberts, Charles Leon and Williams, Kimberly Ann on 06 Jan 1982 in 'Texas'
Death of Ragland, George Wallace on 15 Jan 1982 in 'Corpus Christi, Texas'
Birth of Hinckley, James Charles on 21 May 1982 in 'Ector Co., Texas'
Birth of Brooks, Elizabeth Ann on 04 Jun 1982
Birth of Rasberry, Amanda Kate on 13 Oct 1982
Birth of Hall, Shane Neal on 13 Nov 1982
1983
Pope John Paul II signs new Roman Catholic code incorporating changes brought about by Second Vatican Council (Jan. 25).
Second space shuttle, Challenger, makes successful maiden voyage, which includes the first U.S. space walk in nine years (April 4).
U.S. Supreme Court declares many local abortion restrictions unconstitutional (June 15).
Sally K. Ride, 32, first U.S. woman astronaut in space as a crew member aboard space shuttle Challenger (June 18).
U.S. admits shielding former Nazi Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie, 69, the butcher of Lyon, wanted in France for war crimes (Aug. 15).
Benigno S. Aquino, Jr., 50, political rival of Philippines president Marcos, slain in Manila (Aug. 21).
South Korean Boeing 747 jetliner bound for Seoul apparently strays into Soviet airspace and is shot down by a Soviet SU-15 fighter after it had tracked the airliner for two hours; all 269 aboard are killed, including 61 Americans (Aug. 30).
Terrorist explosion kills 237 U.S. Marines in Beirut (Oct. 23).
U.S. and Caribbean allies invade Grenada (Oct. 25).
Death of Elliott, Ray A on 12 Jan 1983 in 'Taylor Co., TX.'
Birth of Hinckley, John Thomas on 30 Aug 1983 in 'Ector Co., Texas'
Birth of Staton, Evan Thomas on 02 Oct 1983 in 'Texas'
1984
Bell System broken up (Jan. 1).
France gets first deliveries of Soviet natural gas (Jan. 1).
Syria frees captured U.S. Navy pilot, Lieut. Robert C. Goodman, Jr. (Jan. 3).
U.S. and Vatican exchange diplomats after 116-year hiatus (Jan. 10).
Reagan orders U.S. Marines withdrawn from Beirut international peacekeeping force (Feb. 7).
Yuri V. Andropov dies at 69; Konstantin U. Chernenko, 72, named Soviet Union leader (Feb. 9).
Italy and Vatican agree to end Roman Catholicism as state religion (Feb. 18).
Reagan ends U.S. role in Beirut by relieving Sixth Fleet from peacekeeping force (March 30).
Congress rebukes President Reagan on use of federal funds for mining Nicaraguan harbors (April 10).
Soviet Union withdraws from summer Olympic games in U.S., and other bloc nations follow (May 7 et seq.).
Jose Napoleon Duarte, moderate, elected president