Birth
Name: Jeannette R St Martin
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Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 26 Oct 1917
Event Place: Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Female
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Father's Name: Leo
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Mother's Name: Leona Perron
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Certificate Number: 275
PAge: 505
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Digital Folder Number: 005360055
Image Number: 00506
'Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920,' database with images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:23BM-H1F : 13 March 2018), Leona Perron in entry for Jeannette R St Martin, 26 Oct 1917; citing Birth, Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, certificate number 275, page 505, State Archives, Boston.
1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)
1930 - Southbridge, Massachusetts
Name: Jeannette St Martin
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 12
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Daughter
Birth Year (Estimated): 1918
BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Father's BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Mother's BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Sheet Letter: B
Sheet Number: 4
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Leo St Martin Head Male 34 Massachusetts
Leona St Martin Wife Female 35 Massachusetts
Jeannette St Martin Daughter Female 12 Massachusetts
Claire St Martin Daughter Female 11 Massachusetts
Valida Perron Lodger Female 27 Massachusetts
1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)
1940 - Southbridge, Massachusetts
Name: Janet St Martin
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Southbridge Town, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Sex: Female
Age: 22
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): 1918
Last Place of Residence: Same House
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Leo St Martin Head Male 44 Massachusetts
Leona St Martin Wife Female 45 Massachusetts
Janet St Martin Daughter Female 22 Massachusetts
Claire St Martin Daughter Female 21 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 Information
Name: Miss Janet R St Martin
Titles and Terms: Miss
Event Type: Obituary
Event Date: 17 Jul 1992
Event Place: Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 74
Relationship to Deceased: Deceased
Birth Year (Estimated): 1918
Death Date: About 17 Jul 1992
Newspaper: Worcester Telegram & Gazette
Spouse and Children
Leona Perry St Martin Wife Female
Others on Record
Claire Mandeville Unknown Female
'United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014,' database with images, FamilySearch.org
Death — 1992
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