1920 - Southbridge, Massachusetts
Name: Fedelo Provost
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1920
Event Place: Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 6
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: Yes
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son
Birth Year (Estimated): 1914
BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Father's BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Mother's BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Sheet Letter: B
Sheet Number: 2
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Maxeim Provost Head Male 39 Massachusetts
Marie Provost Wife Female 40 Massachusetts
George Provost Son Male 9 Massachusetts
Fedelo Provost Son Male 6 Massachusetts
1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)
1930 - Southbridge, Massachusetts
Name: Fideleo Provost
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son
Birth Year (Estimated): 1914
BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Father's BirthPlace: Canada French
Mother's BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Sheet Letter: B
Sheet Number: 6
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Maxime Provost Head Male 51 Canada French
Mary Provost Wife Female 50 Massachusetts
George Provost Son Male 20 Massachusetts
Fideleo Provost Son Male 16 Massachusetts
1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)
1940 - Southbridge, Massachusetts
Name: Fidelis Provost
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Southbridge Town, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Sex: Male
Age: 26
Marital Status: Married
Race (Original): White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Birth Year (Estimated): 1914
Last Place of Residence: Same Place
District: 14-249
Family Number: 315
Sheet Number and Letter: 4B
Line Number: 41
Affiliate Publication Number: T627
Affiliate Film Number: 1654
Digital Folder Number: 005460926
Image Number: 00024
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Fidelis Provost Head M 26 Massachusetts
Irene Provost Wife F 25 Massachusetts
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: Fidelio T Provost
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 10 May 1995
Event Place: Webster, Massachusetts
Certificate Number: 029759
Birth Date: 19 Jan 1914
BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Spouse's Name:
Spouse's Death Date:
Spouse's Death Place:
Spouse's Certificate Number:
Spouse's Birth Date:
Spouse's BirthPlace:
'Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:VZR1-29K : 4 December 2014), Fidelio T Provost, 10 May 1995; from 'Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003,' database, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing Webster, Massachusetts, death certificate number 029759, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Health Services, Boston.
Birth — 1914
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