1940 Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island
Name: George H Baker
titles & terms:
event: Census
Event Year: 1940
Event Place: Smithfield Town, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 0
Marital Status: Single
Race (Original): White
race (standardized): White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son
relationship to head of household (standardized): Son
birthPlace: Rhode Island
estimated Birth Year: 1940
residence in 1935:
enumeration district number: 4-248
family number: 235
Sheet Number and Letter: 11B
Line Number: 48
nara publication number: T627
nara roll number: 3769
Digital Folder Number: 005461764
Image Number: 01015
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head John A Baker M 28 Rhode Island
wife Lillian E Baker F 23 Massachusetts
daughter Nancy A Baker F 2 Rhode Island
son George H Baker M 0 Rhode Island
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.
1950 - Warwick, Rhode Island
Name: George Baker
Age: 10
Birth Date: abt 1940
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Place: Rhode Island
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son
Residence Date: 1950
Home in 1950: Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, USA
Street Name: Jefferson Blod
House Number: 866
Dwelling Number: 294
Farm: No
Acres: No
Household Members Age Relationship
John A Baker
38 Head
Lillian E Baker
33 Wife
Nancy Baker
11 Daughter
George Baker 10 Son
John A Baker Jr
8 Son
Beryl Baker
2 Daughter
Barey Baker
Dec Son
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)
Obituary
Providence Journal - Oct 2, 2000
GEORGE H. BAKER, 60, of Deacon Avenue, a retired nurse, died Saturday ... Mr. Baker was employed at Rhode Island Hospital for 32 years before retiring in 1994.
He was born in Smithfield, a son of Lillian E. (Holmander) Baker of Warwick and the late John A. Baker. He had been a Warwick resident most of his life. Besides ...
Death — 200030 September 2000
Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
He died at the age of 60.
Rhode Island Hospital 2001 Annual Report
In 1958, 18-year-old George Baker reported to work at Rhode Island Hospital for his new job as an orderly. Before long he fell in love with the nursing profession and by 1963 he had graduated from the hospital's nursing school,becoming a staff nurse. Eventually, he rose to assistant nurse leader and then clinical nurse leader. In 1973 Baker met his future wife Jackie through the Rhode Island Hospital Bowling League. On September 30, 2000, after 30 years of caring for patients at Rhode Island Hospital, George Baker succumbed to cancer.
'George spent his entire career at Rhode Island Hospital and we wanted to keep his spirit and memory alive,' said Jackie Baker, a registered medical technologist in the hospital's microbiology lab since 1972. 'Because of his own experience, he was a great proponent for nursing education. At Rhode Island Hospital, the motto is 'patients first.' George always believed in this from his first day on the floors.'
Obviously, George Baker's love for his
Birth — 1939
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