1940 - Nashua, New Hampshire
Name: Raymond Boyer
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Ward 3, Nashua, Nashua City, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States
Sex: Male
Age: 4
Marital Status: Single
Race (Original): White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
BirthPlace: New Hampshire
Birth Year (Estimated): 1936
Last Place of Residence: Same House, ,
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Armand Boyer Head Male 36 New Hampshire
Roseanna Boyer Wife Female 33 Massachusetts
Raymond Boyer Son Male 4 New Hampshire
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)
2001 - September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Coordinated terrorist attacks by the extremist group al-Qaeda on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, leading to significant changes in U.S. domestic and foreign policy, including the War on Terror.
Death — 201212 February 2012
Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
He died at the age of 76.
Obituary
Raymond L. Boyer, 76, of Litchfield NH, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on February 12, 2012, at Catholic Medical Center, Manchester NH. Raymond was born in Nashua on May 14, 1935, son of the late Armand and Rose (Chauvin) Boyer. He was the husband of Jeanne (Gagnon) Boyer of Litchfield. Prior to his retirement, Raymond had been employed by Crescent Tipping Linen, working many years in the dry cleaning industry. He was an avid bowler.
Raymond was predeceased by his daughter Lisa Colon.
Besides his wife, Raymond is survived by his son Steven Boyer and wife Holly of Nashua; daughters Susan Hunter and husband Russell of Strafford NH, and Linda Antonetty and Paula Cleary, both of Nashua; step-son Rick Letellier and wife Carrie of Dunbarton NH; 19 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren; sister-in-law Jeannette Levesque of Hudson NH; brother-in-law Dennis Gagnon of Raleigh NC; and several nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Name: Raymond L Boyer
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Birth — 1935
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