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Name: Donald Edward Hayn
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Event Date: 04 Oct 1910
Event Place: Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
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Reference ID: 117
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Film Number: 2315294
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Digital Folder Number: 004000679
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News1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)
1930 - Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Name: Donald E Hayn
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Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
District: ED 63
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son
Birth Year (Estimated): 1912
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Place: Massachusetts
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Place: New York
Sheet Letter: B
Sheet Number: 7
Sheet Number and Letter: 7B
Household ID: 187
Line Number: 76
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Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T626
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Film Number: 885
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Film Number: 2340620
Digital Folder Number: 004951066
Image Number: 00212


Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
A Margaret Hayn Head F 54 New York
E Albert Hayn Son M 33 Massachusetts
Gladys E Hayn Daughter F 26 Massachusetts
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Invention 1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)
1940 - Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Name: Donald E Hayn
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Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Ward 4, Pittsfield, Pittsfield City, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 29
Marital Status: Married
Race (Original): White
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Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
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Birth Year (Estimated): 1911
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District: 2-103
Family Number: 168
Sheet Number and Letter: 8B
Line Number: 58
Affiliate Publication Number: T627
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Film Number: 1569
Digital Folder Number: 005460841
Image Number: 00677


Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Donald E Hayn Head M 29 Massachusetts
Rhoda K Hayn Wife F 30 Massachusetts
Carol L Hayn Daughter F 2 Massachusetts
Invention 1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Invention 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.
News1962 - 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.
News1963 - I Have a Dream Speech - Martin Luther King's Address at March on Washington August 28, 1963.
NewsJune 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.
News1973 - 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.
News1973 - March 29 - The last United States soldier leaves Vietnam
Invention 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.
News1981 - June 5 - First reported case of AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)
News1986 - 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.
Invention 1989 - The World Wide Web is invented at CERN (Tim Berners-Lee, UK)
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Name: Donald E Hayn
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 12 Jun 1992
Event Place: Barnstable, Massachusetts
Certificate Number: 034308
Birth Date: 04 Oct 1910
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Crocker Park Cemetery Barnstable Barnstable County Massachusetts, USA

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