Leo George TREMBLAY

(b. 5 March 1916 , New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA d. 2 March 1963 , New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA )

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Leo George TREMBLAY was born 5 March 1916 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

Leo George TREMBLAY was the child of Emile "Leo" TREMBLAY and Lena SEDDON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Augustin TREMBLAY and Delia Adeline COUTURIER

Leo George TREMBLAY died 2 March 1963 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA.

m. Aurore Bernadette Dupont

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Birth
Name: Leo George Tremblay
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Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 05 Mar 1916
Event Place: New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Male
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Father's Name: Leo
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Mother's Name: Lena Seddon
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Certificate Number: 675
Page: 315
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Digital Folder Number: 005309631
Image Number: 00316

'Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920,' database with images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:23T5-74R : 13 March 2018), Leo George Tremblay, 05 Mar 1916; citing Birth, New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, certificate number 675, page 315, State Archives, Boston.
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1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany

1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time

1919 - June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification

1920 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution

1921 - Warren G. Harding becomes President of the United States

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States

1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

1927 - April 7 – Bell Telephone Co. transmits an image of Herbert Hoover (then the Secretary of Commerce), which becomes the first successful long distance demonstration of television

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

1929 - Herbert Hoover becomes President of the United States

1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)

1930 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)

1930 - New Bedford, Massachusetts
Name: Leo Tremblay Jr.
Titles and Terms: Jr
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 14
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son
Birth Year (Estimated): 1916
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Father's Birthplace: Canada
Mother's Birthplace: Canada
Sheet Letter: A
Sheet Number: 49
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Leo Tremblay Head Male 40 Canada
Lena Tremblay Wife Female 40 Canada
Leo Tremblay Jr. Son Male 14 Massachusetts
Gladys Tremblay Daughter Female 10 Massachusetts
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In 1930, on February 18, Pluto was discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, marking a significant milestone in the study of our solar system.

1931 - The paper towel is invented (Arthur Scott, United States)

1931 - March 3 – The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the United States National anthem.

1933 - Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes President of the United States

1933 - December 5 – The 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed, repealing Prohibition

1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)

1935 - The snowmobile was invented by Joseph Bombardier (Quebec, Canada)

1935 - August 14 – United States President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law

1938 - The ballpoint pen is invented (Lazlo Biro, Hungary)

1938-1944 - Sunscreen is invented (Franz Greiter, Switzerland and Benjamin Green, United States)

1938 - October 27 - Du Pont announces a name for its new synthetic yarn: nylon.

1940 - New Bedford, Massachusetts
Name: Leo G Tremblay
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Ward 1, New Bedford, New Bedford City, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Sex: Male
Age: 24
Marital Status: Single
Race (Original): White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Birth Year (Estimated): 1916
Last Place of Residence: Same House
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Leo Tremblay Head Male 50 Canada
Lena Tremblay Wife Female 50 Canada
Leo G Tremblay Son Male 24 Massachusetts
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1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

1941 - December 8 - (the day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor) United States declares war on Japan (WW2)

1944 - D-Day, which occurred on June 6, 1944, was a pivotal World War II operation where Allied forces launched a massive invasion on the beaches of Normandy, France. Known as Operation Overlord, it involved over 156,000 troops from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and other Allied nations. The operation aimed to liberate Western Europe from Nazi German control. The landings marked the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany, leading to the eventual Allied victory in Europe.

1945 - The atomic bomb is invented (J. Robert Oppenheimer, et al., United States)

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.

1945 - Harry S. Truman becomes President of the United States

1945 - On September 2, 1945, World War II officially ended with the formal surrender of Japan. The surrender ceremony took place aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, where Japanese officials signed the Instrument of Surrender in the presence of Allied representatives, including General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester Nimitz.

1948 - Velcro is invented (George de Mestral, Switzerland)

1950 - June 25 - Korean War begins when North Korean forces invade South Korea.

1953 - Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes President of the United States

1953 - On July 27, 1953, the Korean War ended with the signing of an armistice agreement at Panmunjom. This ceasefire halted the conflict between North Korea, supported by China and the Soviet Union, and South Korea, backed by United Nations forces primarily from the United States. The agreement established the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) near the 38th parallel, effectively maintaining the pre-war boundary and creating a buffer zone between the two Koreas.

1961 - John F. Kennedy becomes President of the United States

1961 - Vietnam War officially begins with 900 military advisors landing in Saigon.

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.