Birth
Name: Urban G Bertrand
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Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 28 Aug 1916
Event Place: Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Male
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Father's Name: Joseph
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Mother's Name: Leona Giroux
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Certificate Number: 256
PAge: 502
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Digital Folder Number: 005309642
Image Number: 00503
'Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920,' database with images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:23YC-GJZ : 13 March 2018), Urban G Bertrand, 28 Aug 1916; citing Birth, Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, certificate number 256, page 502, State Archives, Boston.
1920 - Southbridge, Massachusetts
Name: Gerald Bertrand
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Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1920
Event Place: Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
District: ED 151
Gender: Male
Age: 3
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): White
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Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son
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Birth Year (Estimated): 1917
BirthPlace: Massachusetts
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Father's BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Mother's BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Sheet Letter: B
Sheet Number: 19
Sheet Number and Letter: 19B
Household ID: 412
Line Number: 90
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T625
Affiliate Film Number: 748
GS Film Number: 1820748
Digital Folder Number: 004966126
Image Number: 00596
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Rosaire Bertrand Head M 29 Massachusetts
Leona Bertrand Wife F 28 Massachusetts
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1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)
1930 - Southbridge, Massachusetts
Name: Gerald Bertrand
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 13
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son
Birth Year (Estimated): 1917
BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Father's BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Mother's BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Sheet Letter: A
Sheet Number: 21
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Rosario Bertrand Head Male 39 Massachusetts
Leona Bertrand Wife Female 38 Massachusetts
Gerald Bertrand Son Male 13 Massachusetts
Robert Bertrand Son Male 6 Massachusetts
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)
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 — 20045 January 2004
Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
He died at the age of 87.
Obituary
Name: Mr Urban Or Jerry G Bertrand
Titles and Terms: Mr
Event Type: Obituary
Event Date: 05 Jan 2004
Event Place: Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 87
Relationship to Deceased: Deceased
Birth Year (Estimated): 1917
BirthPlace: Southbridge, ,
Death Date: About 05 Jan 2004
Death Place: Southbridge, ,
Newspaper: Worcester Telegram & Gazette
Spouse and Children
Geneva M Desmarais Bertrand Wife Female
Urban Or Jerry G Bertrand Jr Son Male
Joann G Johnson Daughter Female
Parents and Siblings
Robert Bertrand Brother Male
Rosario Bertrand Father Male
Leona Giroux Bertrand Mother Female
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