1920 - Southbridge, Massachusetts
Name: Hermas Le Boeuf
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1920
Event Place: Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
District: 151
Gender: Male
Age: 1
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Can Read:
Can Write:
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son
Own or Rent:
Birth Year (Estimated): 1919
BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Immigration Year:
Father's BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Mother's BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Sheet Number and Letter: 12B
Household ID: 242
Line Number: 76
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T625
GS Film Number: 1820748
Digital Folder Number: 004311573
Image Number: 00582
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Romeo Le Boeuf Head M 24 Massachusetts
Yvonne Le Boeuf Wife F 23 Massachusetts
Hermas Le Boeuf Son M 1 Massachusetts
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 Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
Name: Hermas Leboeuf
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Southbridge Town, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 20
Marital Status: Single
Race (Original): White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Birth Year (Estimated): 1920
Last Place of Residence: Same House
District: 14-256
Family Number: 62
Sheet Number and Letter: 3B
Line Number: 73
Affiliate Publication Number: T627
Affiliate Film Number: 1654
Digital Folder Number: 005460926
Image Number: 00276
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Romeo Leboeuf Head M 44 Massachusetts
Yvonne Leboeuf Wife F 44 Massachusetts
Hermas Leboeuf Son M 20 Massachusetts
Roger Leboeuf Son M 16 Massachusetts
Rejane Leboeuf Daughter F 13 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.
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)
Obituary
Worcester Telegram & Gazette (MA) - January 24, 1998
Deceased Name: HERMAS LEBOEUF, 78
STURBRIDGE - Hermas LeBoeuf, 78, of 10 Shepard Road, formerly of Southbridge, a molder for many years, died Thurday night in Harrington Memorial Hospital, Southbridge, after he was stricken ill at home.
His wife, Louise A. (Piette) LeBoeuf, died in 1979. He leaves two sons, David A. LeBoeuf of Sturbridge and Albert R. LeBoeuf of Fort Worth, Texas; a
Brother: , Roger LeBoeuf; a
Sister: , Rejane G. Gaumond, both of Southbridge; nephews and nieces. He was born in Southbridge, son of Romeo and Yvonne (Lippe) LeBoeuf, and lived most of his life in Southbridge and Sturbridge.
He was a Navy veteran of World War II, serving in Europe.
Mr. LeBoeuf was a molder at American Optical Co. in Southbridge, where he worked for 35 years. He retired in 1977.
He was a member of the American Optical Quarter-Century Club; Leonide J. Lemire Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, in Southbridge; and
Death — 199822 January 1998
Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA
He died at the age of 78.
Birth — 1919
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