1920 - Southbridge, Massachusetts
Name: Leo Renaud
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1920
Event Place: Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 2
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son
Birth Year (Estimated): 1918
BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Father's BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Mother's BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Sheet Letter: B
Sheet Number: 3
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Israel Renaud Jr. Head Male 28 Massachusetts
Georgianna Renaud Wife Female 29 Massachusetts
Stella Renaud Daughter Female 9 Massachusetts
Henri Renaud Son Male 7 Massachusetts
Ernest Renaud Son Male 5 Massachusetts
Arthur Renaud Son Male 3 Massachusetts
Leo Renaud Son Male 2 Massachusetts
1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)
1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)
1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
The microwave oven was invented accidentally in 1945 by Percy Spencer, a Raytheon engineer. While testing a magnetron, he noticed microwaves melted a candy bar in his pocket. Experimenting further, he discovered microwaves could cook food quickly. Raytheon patented the process, and by 1947, they built the first commercial microwave oven, called the 'Radarange.' Initially used in commercial settings, microwaves becomes affordable for home use by the 1960s and 1970s, revolutionizing cooking.
1962 - The Cuban Missile Crisis was a tense 13-day standoff in October 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union over the installation of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles from the U.S. coast. The crisis is considered the closest the Cold War came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war. It began when American spy planes discovered the missiles, leading to a U.S. naval blockade of Cuba and intense negotiations. The crisis ended when Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev agreed to remove the missiles in exchange for the U.S. promising not to invade Cuba and secretly agreeing to remove American missiles from Turkey.
1963 - I Have a Dream Speech - Martin Luther King's Address at March on Washington August 28, 1963.
June 17, 1972 – August 9, 1974 - Watergate Scandal began with the break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., in 1972. Members of President Richard Nixon's administration attempted to cover up their involvement. The scandal led to the discovery of multiple abuses of power by the Nixon administration, the resignation of President Nixon in 1974, and the indictment of several administration officials.
1973 - January 22 - Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 and Doe v. Bolton, 410 U.S. 179: The U.S. Supreme Court declares that the Constitution protects women’s right to terminate an early pregnancy, thus making abortion legal in the U.S.
1973 - March 29 - The last United States soldier leaves Vietnam
The cell phone was invented by Martin Cooper of Motorola. On April 3, 1973, he made the first handheld mobile phone call with the Motorola DynaTAC. This device weighed 2.5 pounds and was 10 inches long, offering 30 minutes of talk time and requiring 10 hours to charge. The first commercial cell phone was released in 1983, revolutionizing communication and leading to the modern smartphones we use today.
1981 - June 5 - First reported case of AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)
1986 - January 28 - Space Shuttle Challenger accident - The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred on January 28, 1986, when the shuttle broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members.
1989 - The World Wide Web is invented at CERN (Tim Berners-Lee, UK)
Death
Name: Leo O Renaud
Event Type: Obituary
Event Date: 08 Dec 1996
Event Place: Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 78
Relationship to Deceased: Deceased
Birth Year (Estimated): 1918
BirthPlace: Southbridge, ,
Death Date: About 08 Dec 1996
Newspaper: Worcester Telegram & Gazette
Spouse and Children
Israel Renaud Husband Male
Others on Record
Blanche A Morin Renaud Unknown Female
Roger B Renaud Unknown Male
Gloria Lafleche Unknown Female
Pauline Lachapelle Unknown Female
Lorraine Burke Unknown Female
Ernest Renaud Unknown Male
Arthur Renaud Unknown Male
Albert Renaud Unknown Male
Paul Renaud Unknown Male
Henry Renaud Unknown Male
'United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014,' database with images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:QKW2-R7QB : accessed 25 April 2018), Georgianna Renaud Renaud in entry for Leo O Renaud, Massachusetts, United States, 08 Dec 1996; from 'Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today),'
Birth — 1917
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