Donald Henry BOUVIER

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20 March 1908 , Fitchburg, Massachusetts, USA

Died

27 June 1961 ,

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Joseph Napolean BOUVIER Clara Rosanne LOISELLE

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Born: 20 March 1908 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Joseph Napolean BOUVIER

Mother: Clara Rosanne LOISELLE

Paternal grandparents: Catherine TALON DITE LESPÈRANCE

Maternal grandparents: Paschal LOISELLE , Philomène BENOIT

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Donald Henry married Rose Judith THOMAS . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Rose Judith THOMAS was born September 27 1910 in Shirley, Massachusetts, USA. Rose Judith died November 25 1999 in Leominster, Massachusetts, USA. Rose Judith was the child of Joseph Cyprien THOMAS and Regina May LAMBERT.

Donald Henry BOUVIER died 27 June 1961
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Rose Judith THOMAS
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Rose Judith THOMAS was the child of Joseph Cyprien THOMAS and Regina May LAMBERT

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Birth — 1908
20 March 1908
Fitchburg, Massachusetts, USA

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, 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))

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

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