Birth
Name: Walter Moody Davis
Birth Date: 1922
Birth Place: Southborough, Massachusetts, USA
Volume Number: 115
Page Number: 550
Index Volume Number: 106
Reference Number: F63.M362 v.106
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Birth Index, 1901-1960 and 1967-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)
1930 - Southborough, Massachusetts
Name: William N Davis
event: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts
Gender: Male
Age: 49
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
birthPlace: Maine
estimated Birth Year: 1881
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
father's birthPlace: Maine
mother's birthPlace: Maine
enumeration district number: 0265
family number: 172
Sheet Number and Letter: 7B
Line Number: 85
nara publication: T626, roll 965
Film Number: 2340700
Digital Folder Number: 4607701
Image Number: 00758
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head William N Davis M 49 Maine
wife Eva B Davis F 42 Massachusetts (Eva Belle Landry)
daughter Vesta L Davis F 16 Massachusetts
daughter Delia N Davis F 15 Massachusetts
daughter Mary L Davis F 14 Massachusetts
son John A Davis M 13 Massachusetts
son William N Davis M 11 Massachusetts
son Charles H Davis M 8 Massachusetts
son Walter Davis M 7 Massachusetts
sister Vesta L Davis F 51 Maine
1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)
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.
1946 Marriage / PartnerWalter Moody DAVIS and Elizabeth Jane "Betty" SAYLES (SALES) 10 January 1946, Southborough, Massachusetts, USA
He was 23 years old.
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.
2002 Death of Spouse/PartnerElizabeth Jane "Betty" SAYLES (SALES) died 9 July 2002, Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA
Obituary
Walter M. Davis, Sr., 93, of Wellesley and Southborough, passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 29 , 2015 after a long and full life.
Walter was born in Southborough to Eva Landry and William Davis. He was the youngest of 7 children and attended Southborough schools and Lawrence Academy in Groton. Walter went on to attend Bates College until he enlisted in the Army Air Corps during World War II. After the war he returned to Southborough and married his high school sweetheart, Betty Sayles. They enjoyed 56 wonderful years together before Betty died in 2002. He worked for Devonshire Financial and the National Shawmut Bank of Boston, and later for the Town of Southborough. He was best known as the greatest father, grandfather, and great grandfather. An active tennis player for 70 years, he also enjoyed reading, volunteering at Tower Hill Botanic Garden, and practicing yoga. As the ultimate Super Fan, he rarely missing a game in which his children or grandchildren played.
Death — 201529 October 2015
Southborough, Massachusetts, USA
He died at the age of 93.
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