1909 Birth
Name: Leo. Joseph Demarais
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Event Date: 21 Jan 1909
Event Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts
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father: George T. Demarais
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mother: Emelia George
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volume/ page/ certificate number: p 407 item 22
Film Number: 2315294
Digital Folder Number: 4000679
Image Number: 95
'Massachusetts, Births, 1841-1915,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ FX72-6L4 : accessed 01 Dec 2012), Leo. Joseph Demarais, 1909.
1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)
1930 Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
Name: Leo J Desmarais
event: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
birthPlace: Massachusetts
estimated Birth Year: 1909
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Relationship to Head of Household: Son
father's birthPlace: Connecticut
mother's birthPlace: Connecticut
enumeration district number: 0266
family number: 428
Sheet Number and Letter: 20A
Line Number: 11
nara publication: T626, roll 965
Film Number: 2340700
Digital Folder Number: 4607701
Image Number: 00833
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head George Desmarais M 52 Connecticut
wife Emelia G Desmarais F 49 Connecticut
son Leo J Desmarais M 21 Massachusetts
son Charles E Desmarais M 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.
Death
Name: Leo J Desmarais
event: Death
Event Date: 27 Jan 1981
Event Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts
death certificate number: 016081
Birth Date: 22 Jan 1909
birthPlace: Massachusetts
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'Massachusetts, Death Index, 1970-2003,' index, FamilySearch.org
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