Wesley Harold WRIGHT

Born

23 September 1916 , Pilot Rock, Umitilla, Oregon, USA

Died

27 June 1948 , Pendleton, Umitilla, Oregon, USA

Cause of Death: consumption and esophageal hemorrhage.

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Albert Milton WRIGHT Mary Eloise WISDOM

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Born: 23 September 1916 in Pilot Rock, Umitilla, Oregon, USA

Father: Albert Milton WRIGHT

Mother: Mary Eloise WISDOM

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Wesley Harold married Maxine Grace COX 19 June 1937 in Walla Walla, Washington, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Maxine Grace COX was born 24 March 1920 in Pendleton, Umitilla, Oregon, USA. Maxine Grace died 25 March 1988 in Longview, Cowlitz, Washington, USA. Maxine Grace was the child of Edwin Huston COX and Mabel Elsie BENSON.

Wesley Harold WRIGHT died 27 June 1948 in Pendleton, Umitilla, Oregon, USA.

Have not been able to get much about him, mom said she woke up the morning of her 7th birthday to the bomb being dropped on Hiroshima, I asked if her dad was in the Army, no he wasn't and I got it explained to me about his drinking and stuff, Nanny left him because of it fairly early on.

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Recorded occupation: Various jobs-swept flour mill, laborer.

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Maxine Grace COX
Marriage date: 19 June 1937
Marriage place: Walla Walla, Washington, USA
Maxine Grace COX was the child of Edwin Huston COX and Mabel Elsie BENSON

Children of Wesley Harold WRIGHT and Maxine Grace COX

Donna Jean WRIGHT

Born: 14 August 1938, Pendleton, Umitilla, Oregon, USA
Died: 02 March 2005, Longview, Cowlitz, Washington, USA

Married: Alan ALDRICH

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Birth — 1916
23 September 1916
Pilot Rock, Umitilla, Oregon, USA

1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany

1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time

1919 - June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification

1920 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution

1921 - Warren G. Harding becomes President of the United States

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States

1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

1927 - April 7 – Bell Telephone Co. transmits an image of Herbert Hoover (then the Secretary of Commerce), which becomes the first successful long distance demonstration of television

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

1929 - Herbert Hoover becomes President of the United States

1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)

1930 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)

In 1930, on February 18, Pluto was discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, marking a significant milestone in the study of our solar system.

1931 - The paper towel is invented (Arthur Scott, United States)

1931 - March 3 – The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the United States National anthem.

1933 - Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes President of the United States

1933 - December 5 – The 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed, repealing Prohibition

1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)

1935 - The snowmobile was invented by Joseph Bombardier (Quebec, Canada)

1935 - August 14 – United States President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law

1937 Marriage / Partner
Wesley Harold WRIGHT and Maxine Grace COX 19 June 1937, Walla Walla, Washington, USA

He was 20 years old.

1938 - The ballpoint pen is invented (Lazlo Biro, Hungary)

1938-1944 - Sunscreen is invented (Franz Greiter, Switzerland and Benjamin Green, United States)

1938 Birth of Child
Donna Jean WRIGHT was born 14 August 1938, Pendleton, Umitilla, Oregon, USA

Wesley Harold was 21 years old.

1938 - October 27 - Du Pont announces a name for its new synthetic yarn: nylon.

1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

1941 - December 8 - (the day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor) United States declares war on Japan (WW2)

1944 - D-Day, which occurred on June 6, 1944, was a pivotal World War II operation where Allied forces launched a massive invasion on the beaches of Normandy, France. Known as Operation Overlord, it involved over 156,000 troops from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and other Allied nations. The operation aimed to liberate Western Europe from Nazi German control. The landings marked the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany, leading to the eventual Allied victory in Europe.

1945 - The atomic bomb is invented (J. Robert Oppenheimer, et al., United States)

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.

1945 - Harry S. Truman becomes President of the United States

1945 - On September 2, 1945, World War II officially ended with the formal surrender of Japan. The surrender ceremony took place aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, where Japanese officials signed the Instrument of Surrender in the presence of Allied representatives, including General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester Nimitz.