1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)
1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)
1940
Name: Roland A Bibeau
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Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Dumfries Magisterial District, Prince William, Virginia, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 19
Marital Status: Single
Race (Original): White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Birth Year (Estimated): 1921
Last Place of Residence: Rural, Worcester, Massachusetts
District: 76-8
Family Number:
Sheet Number and Letter: 34B
Line Number: 69
Affiliate Publication Number: T627
Affiliate Film Number: 4286
Digital Folder Number: 005449078
Image Number: 00239
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.
1981 - June 5 - First reported case of AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)
1986 - January 28 - Space Shuttle Challenger accident - The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred on January 28, 1986, when the shuttle broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members.
1989 - The World Wide Web is invented at CERN (Tim Berners-Lee, UK)
2001 - September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Coordinated terrorist attacks by the extremist group al-Qaeda on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, leading to significant changes in U.S. domestic and foreign policy, including the War on Terror.
Obituary
Union-News (Springfield, MA) - January 9, 2003
Deceased Name: Roland A. Bibeau
1920 - 2003
WARREN - Roland A. Bibeau, 82, of School St., Warren, died Monday, Jan. 6 at Quaboag on the Common, West Brookfield, after an illness. He was born in Southbridge, son of Joseph and Rose Livernois Bibeau. He was predeceased by his wife of 42 years, Catherine Doherty Bibeau; and by one brother, Edgar Bibeau. He leaves one sister, Doris Allard of Wilmington, MA; one brother, George Bibeau of Dudley; a daughter, Robin LLoyd of California; a granddaughter, several nieces & nephews. He was a Marine Corps veteran of WWII, serving on Guadalcanal and the South Pacific. He was a resident of Warren for 52 years. He was a communicant of St. Paul's Church of Warren, a choir member and also headed their Bingo program. He also conducted the Lions Club Variety Shows for a number of years. He retired from the MA Turnpike Authority in 1982. The funeral will be held from the Doherty Funreal Home, 40 Bacon
Death — 20036 January 2003
West Brookfield, Massachusetts, USA
He died at the age of 82.
Birth — 1920
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