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  (b. 6 December 1878 Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA   d. 21 February 1962 Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA )  

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Franklin Albert SHEPARDSON was born 6 December 1878 in Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA

Franklin Albert SHEPARDSON was the child of George Marshall SHEPARDSON   and   Mary Elizabeth BAGARD and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Marshall Hawley SHEPARDSON and Sarah Cornelia NEWTON (maternal)  Felix BAGARD and Margaret DAVIS

Franklin Albert SHEPARDSON died 21 February 1962 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA .
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birth1878 Birth
6 December 1878
Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA

Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA (Berkshire)
The Village Street, Lanesboro, Mass.
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Invention In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

Lanesborough, Massachusetts, USA (Berkshire)
Hillcrest, former Home of "Josh Billings", Lanesboro, Mass.

"[Josh Billings] The humorist was one of a dozen children of Scotch-Irish farmer and lawyer Henry Vinal Shaw (1788-1857) and Laura Wheeler (1791-1871). The senior Shaw built the homestead in 1814 then in 1828 he put up a new brick home on Main Street he called Hillcrest. It was opposite Colby's iron furnace, where the library is now. Noise and sooty air drove Shaw to move to New York state after 20 years. Hillcrest, later called Hillcrest Inn, burned in 1974..." The Berkshire Eagle, January 30, 2015
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News1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)
Invention 1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)
Invention 1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Invention 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.
death1962 Death
21 February 1962
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA

He died at the age of 83.


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