1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)
Leominster, Massachusetts
Name: Ida Ashey
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1930
Event Place: Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
District: 0218
Gender: Female
Age: 5
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Daughter
Birth Year (Estimated): 1925
BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Immigration Year:
Father's BirthPlace: Canada
Mother's BirthPlace: Canada
Sheet Number and Letter: 9B
Household ID: 202
Line Number: 83
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T626
Affiliate Film Number: 964
GS Film Number: 2340699
Digital Folder Number: 004607700
Image Number: 00793
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
George Ashey Head M 34 Canada
Louise Ashey Wife F 33 Canada
John Ashey Son M 19 Massachusetts
Ray Ashey Son M 8 Massachusetts
Wilfred Ashey Son M 7 Massachusetts
Ida
1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)
Leominster, Massachusetts
Name: Mary Ashey
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Ward 2, Leominster, Leominster City, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 15
Marital Status: Single
Race (Original): White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Daughter
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Birth Year (Estimated): 1925
Last Place of Residence: Same Place
District: 14-168
Family Number: 168
Sheet Number and Letter: 11A
Line Number: 38
Affiliate Publication Number: T627
Affiliate Film Number: 1651
Digital Folder Number: 005460923
Image Number: 00467
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Joseph G Ashey Head M 45 Canada
Louise Ashey Wife F 44 Canada
Joseph J Ashey Son M 19 Massachusetts
Joseph R Ashey Son M 17 Massachusetts
Wiffred Ashey Son M 17 Massachusetts
Mary Ashey Daughter F 15 Massachusetts
Gloria Ashey Daughter F 13 Massachusetts
Patrick
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
Mary Ada Minkkinen died at the Westford Nursing Home on Jan. 28. 'Ada' was born in Leominster, Jan. 28, 1925 daughter of the late George and Louise (Thomas ) Ashey and was the wife of the late Walter A. Minkkinen. In her earlier years she had been employed at Johnson Creative Arts of Townsend. She spent her early life in Lunenburg, 16 years in Pepperell and the past months in Westford.
She is survived by her sons Allen Minkkinen and his wife Edith of Pepperell and Charles Minkkinen and his wife June of Milford, N.H.; four siblings Mary Jane Blanchette of N.H., Phyllis Mitchell of Idaho, Evelyn Bates of Florida and Gerald Ashey of Leominster and several nieces and nephews.
She is also survived by her granddaughter Cornelia McNabb of Pepperell, great grand daughter Elizabeth Grace McNabb grandson Rolf Wibmer of Castle Rock, Colo. as well as three great grandchildren Alina, Mikarie and Tyler Wibmer
A memorial service was held Friday at the Hamilton - McGaffigan Funeral
Birth — 1925
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