1908
Name: Harold Buell Robb
event: Birth
Event Date: 30 Oct 1908
Event Place: Windsor, , Vermont, United States
Gender: Male
Age:
estimated Birth Year:
father: Buell M. Robb
mother: Louise Brownville
Spouse:
spouse's father:
spouse's mother:
Film Number: 540138
Digital Folder Number: 004357290
Image Number: 01080
'Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ XFQR-CYL : accessed 26 Feb 2013), Harold Buell Robb, 1908.
1910 Windsor, Windsor, Vermont
Name: Harold B Robb
birthPlace: Vermont
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Residence: Windsor, Windsor, Vermont
Marital Status: Single
race : White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year:
father's birthPlace: Vermont
mother's birthPlace: Massachusetts
family number: 216
page number: 19
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Buel M Robb M 32y Vermont
wife Louise B Robb F 25y Massachusetts
son Harold B Robb M 1y Vermont
Fred B Harlow M 55y Vermont
Fred B Harlow M 17y Ohio
Alice L Seaver F 26y New Hampshire
1920 Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
Name: H Buell Robb
Residence: Westfield Town Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
estimated Birth Year: 1909
Age: 11
birthPlace: Vermont
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
father's birthPlace:
mother's birthPlace:
Film Number: 1820701
Digital Folder Number: 4301098
Image Number: 01026
sheet number: 14
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Louise B Robb F 34y Massachusetts
son H Buell Robb M 11y Vermont
son Donald A Robb M 9y Vermont
sis Edith Bonneville F 31y Massachusetts
1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)
1930 Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
Name: Harold B Robb
event: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
birthPlace: Vermont
estimated Birth Year: 1909
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household: Stepson
father's birthPlace: Vermont
mother's birthPlace: Massachusetts
enumeration district number: 0199
family number: 41
Sheet Number and Letter: 2B
Line Number: 95
nara publication: T626, roll 907
Film Number: 2340642
Digital Folder Number: 4607004
Image Number: 00938
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Arthur G Norton M 69 Massachusetts
wife Louise B Norton F 45 Massachusetts
stepson Harold B Robb M 21 Vermont
stepson Donald A Robb M 19 Vermont
1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)
1940 Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
Name: H Buell Robb
titles & terms:
event: Census
Event Year: 1940
Event Place: Ward 4, Westfield, Westfield City, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 31
Marital Status: Married
Race (Original):
race (standardized): White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original):
relationship to head of household (standardized): Head
birthPlace: Vermont
estimated Birth Year: 1909
residence in 1935: Same House
enumeration district number: 7-178
family number: 121
Sheet Number and Letter: 6A
Line Number: 11
nara publication number: T627
nara roll number: 1598
Digital Folder Number: 005460870
Image Number: 00392
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head H Buell Robb M 31 Vermont
wife Dorothy C Robb F 40 Massachusetts
daughter Louise Robb F 2 Massachusetts
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
first Name: Harold
middle Name:
last Name: Robb
name suffix:
Birth Date: 31 October 1908
social security number: 020-09-1684
place of issuance: Massachusetts
last Residence: Hampden, Massachusetts
zip code of last Residence: 01085
Death Date: January 1976
estimated age at death: 68
'United States Social Security Death Index,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ JP3D-P3D : accessed 26 Feb 2013), Harold Robb, January 1976; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
Name: Harold B Robb
Death Date: 1976
Death Place: 067 Westfield, Massachusetts, USA
Volume Number: 097
Page Number: 486
Index Volume Number: 158/ 159
Reference Number: F63.M363 v.158/ 159
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Death Index, 1901-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
Birth — 1908
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