1920 - Lancaster, Massachusetts
Name: Mildred Mossey
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1920
Event Place: Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 9
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Birth Year (Estimated): 1911
BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Father's BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Mother's BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Sheet Letter: A
Sheet Number: 17
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Frank Mossey Head Male 47 Massachusetts
Sylvia Mossey Daughter Female 13 Massachusetts
Florence Mossey Daughter Female 15 Massachusetts
Jeanette Mossey Daughter Female 12 Massachusetts
Mildred Mossey Daughter Female 9 Massachusetts
Mildred Neault Mother Female 67 New Hampshire
Olivine Neault Half-sister Female 34 Massachusetts
1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)
1930 - Worcester, Massachusetts
Name: Mildred Mossa
Birth Year: abt 1911
Gender: Female
Race: White
BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Employee
Home in 1930: Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Map of Home: View Map
Ward of City: 8
Institution: Worcester City Hospital
Dwelling Number: 1
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Mother's BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Waitress
Industry: Hospital
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker
Employment: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
Helen E Curley 30
Dorothy A Long 27
Nellie Barrett 40
Margaret Scully 51
John P Kelly 38
George A La Chapelle 37
Frank Langway 59
Martin Mccann 54
Thomas H Sheehan 58
Ignatz Urmon 37
Noel Paguette 55
Merrill Gleason 49
William Progin 67
Irene Stake 33
Margaret Pragg 19
Victoria Dorsey 23
Perna Fogelquist 35
Alice Foley 19
Esther Foley 17
Stella Croskey 17
Carolyn Hildreth 21
Nellie
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)
Death
Name: Mildred Mossa Lidondici
[Mildred Lidondici]
[Mildred Mossa Mossa]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 30 Jul 1910
Birth Place: Worcester Wo, Massachusetts
Death Date: 13 Feb 1991
Father: Frank A Mossa
Mother: Anna Lovely
SSN: 021168635
Signature on SSN Card: Mildred Loretta Lidondici
Relationship of Signature: Signature name differs from NH’s name.
Notes: Apr: Name listed as MILDRED MOSSA LIDONDICI; 03 Jun 1993: Name listed as MILDRED LIDONDICI
Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
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