1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)
1930 - Farmington, New Hampshire
Name: Denzil Senter
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Farmington, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 1
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Birth Year (Estimated): 1929
BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Father's BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Mother's BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Sheet Letter: A
Sheet Number: 13
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Lawrence P Senter Head Male 24 Massachusetts
Eunice E Senter Wife Female 22 Massachusetts
Denzil Senter Son Male 1 Massachusetts
Norman W Senter Son Male 0 Massachusetts
Hilda M Senter Sister Female 18 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 — 201221 June 2012
Farmington, New Hampshire, USA
He died at the age of 83.
Obituary
Denzil F. Thayer, 83, of Farmington, died June 21, 2012.
Dan was born Oct. 11, 1928, in Andover, Mass., the son of Lawrence Senter and Eunice (Sellers) Senter. Dan was adopted when he was 13 by Fred I. Thayer in 1941.
He lived most of his life in Farmington, where he attended school and was a graduate of Farmington High School, class of 1948.
Dan joined the U.S. Navy in August, 1948, and went through boot camp at Great Lakes Naval Training Center. He graduated from Machinist Mate School in January, 1949, and was assigned to the USS Foss DE 59 in Key West, Fla. Dan served on the Foss during the Korean War as a second class MM Petty Officer. He was honorably discharged in August, 1952. He was employed by Gray's Petroleum for a short time.
Dan was a member of the Farmington Fish and Game Club. He served as vice president with President Everett Emerson. Dan was also a member of American Legion Post 72 in Alton. Dan enjoyed playing golf with his friends at the Farmington
Birth — 1928
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