Bertrand Canning KNOWLES

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7 May 1906 , Glenburn, Maine, USA

Died

6 July 1964 , Glenburn, Maine, USA

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Bertrand Canning KNOWLES was born 7 May 1906 in Glenburn, Maine, USA

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Bertrand Canning married June Elizabeth MOWER 24 August 1927 in Maine, USA . The couple had (at least) 13 children.
June Elizabeth MOWER was born 23 June 1908 in Bangor, Maine, USA. June Elizabeth died 27 March 1990 in Bangor, Maine, USA. June Elizabeth was the child of Frank Lester MOWER and Mildred Mae RICHARDSON.

Bertrand Canning KNOWLES died 6 July 1964 in Glenburn, Maine, USA.
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June Elizabeth MOWER-- Date: 24 August 1927 Place: , Maine, USA
June Elizabeth MOWER was the child of Frank Lester MOWER and Mildred Mae RICHARDSON

Children of Bertrand Canning KNOWLES and June Elizabeth MOWER

Mildred Louise KNOWLES (b.21 December 1927, Bangor, Maine, USA d. 14 March 1996, Bangor, Maine, USA)

Marie Lucille KNOWLES (b.19 December 1929, , Maine, USA d. 25 January 2019, Bangor, Maine, USA)

Muriel Lois KNOWLES (b.9 July 1932, Bangor, Maine, USA d. 17 September 1999, )

Margaret Lorraine KNOWLES (b.22 December 1933, Bangor, Maine, USA d. 6 November 2021, Bangor, Maine, USA)

Marjorie Leona KNOWLES (b.24 November 1934, , Maine, USA d. 27 November 1934, , Maine, USA)

Maurice Lester KNOWLES (b.3 February 1936, , Maine, USA d. 1 March 2010, Penobscot, Maine, USA)
m. Maxine Pearl HARDING 1 October 1961 in , Maine, USA

Merton Lloyd KNOWLES (b.2 April 1937, Bangor, Maine, USA d. 24 January 2024, )

Melvin Lewis "Bud" KNOWLES (b.26 February 1938, Glenburn, Maine, USA d. 7 December 2016, Glenburn, Maine, USA)

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June E KNOWLES (b.abt. 1941, , Maine, USA d. 30 July 2013, Rumford, Maine, USA)

Bert KNOWLES (b.abt. 1942, , Maine, USA d. abt. 1943, , Maine, USA)

Norris Elwin KNOWLES (b.25 January 1945, Glenburn, Maine, USA d. 11 September 2021, De Funiak Springs, Walton, Florida, USA)

Jacqueline Evelyn KNOWLES (b.21 March 1948, Bangor, Maine, USA d. 15 November 2018, Bangor, Maine, USA)

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1906 Birth
7 May 1906
Glenburn, Maine, USA

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1913 - Woodrow Wilson becomes President of the United States

1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

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 Marriage / Partner
Bertrand Canning KNOWLES and June Elizabeth MOWER 24 August 1927, , Maine, USA

He was 21 years old.

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

1927 Birth of Child
Mildred Louise KNOWLES was born 21 December 1927, Bangor, Maine, USA

Bertrand Canning was 21 years old.

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)

1929 Birth of Child
Marie Lucille KNOWLES was born 19 December 1929, , Maine, USA

Bertrand Canning was 23 years old.

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.

1932 Birth of Child
Muriel Lois KNOWLES was born 9 July 1932, Bangor, Maine, USA

Bertrand Canning was 26 years old.

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

1933 Birth of Child
Margaret Lorraine KNOWLES was born 22 December 1933, Bangor, Maine, USA

Bertrand Canning was 27 years old.

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

1934 Birth of Child
Marjorie Leona KNOWLES was born 24 November 1934, , Maine, USA

Bertrand Canning was 28 years old.

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

1936 Birth of Child
Maurice Lester KNOWLES was born 3 February 1936, , Maine, USA

Bertrand Canning was 29 years old.

1937 Birth of Child
Merton Lloyd KNOWLES was born 2 April 1937, Bangor, Maine, USA

Bertrand Canning was 30 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
Melvin Lewis "Bud" KNOWLES was born 26 February 1938, Glenburn, Maine, USA

Bertrand Canning was 31 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 Birth of Child
Norris Elwin KNOWLES was born 25 January 1945, Glenburn, Maine, USA

Bertrand Canning was 38 years old.

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.

1948 - Velcro is invented (George de Mestral, Switzerland)

1948 Birth of Child
Jacqueline Evelyn KNOWLES was born 21 March 1948, Bangor, Maine, USA

Bertrand Canning was 41 years old.

1950 - June 25 - Korean War begins when North Korean forces invade South Korea.

1953 - Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes President of the United States

1953 - On July 27, 1953, the Korean War ended with the signing of an armistice agreement at Panmunjom. This ceasefire halted the conflict between North Korea, supported by China and the Soviet Union, and South Korea, backed by United Nations forces primarily from the United States. The agreement established the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) near the 38th parallel, effectively maintaining the pre-war boundary and creating a buffer zone between the two Koreas.

1961 - John F. Kennedy becomes President of the United States

1961 - Vietnam War officially begins with 900 military advisors landing in Saigon.

1961 Marriage of Child
Maurice Lester KNOWLES married 1 October 1961, , Maine, USA to Maxine Pearl HARDING

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.

In 1963, on November 22, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, while riding in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza. The assassination shocked the nation and the world, leading to widespread mourning and a period of intense national introspection. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as the 36th President of the United States shortly after Kennedy's death. The assassination sparked numerous conspiracy theories and investigations, with the Warren Commission ultimately concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination. Kennedy's death had a profound impact on American politics and society, marking the end of an era often referred to as 'Camelot.'