1923
Name: Elna Mary Korch
Birth Date: 1923
Birth Place: Webster, Massachusetts, USA
Volume Number: 132
Page Number: 206
Index Volume Number: 109
Reference Number: F63.M362 v.109
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Birth Index, 1901-1960 and 1967-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
Original data: Department of Public Health, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. Massachusetts Vital Records Index to Births [1916–1970]. Volumes 92–160, 162, 168, 175, 212– 213. Facsimile edition. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.
1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)
1930 Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts
Name: Elna M Korch
event: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts
Gender: Female
Age: 6
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
birthPlace: Massachusetts
estimated Birth Year: 1924
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
father's birthPlace: Czechoslovakia
mother's birthPlace: Czechoslovakia
enumeration district number: 0293
family number: 64
Sheet Number and Letter: 3B
Line Number: 66
nara publication: T626, roll 966
Film Number: 2340701
Digital Folder Number: 4607702
Image Number: 00809
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Andrew H Korch M 42 Czechoslovakia
wife Anna Korch F 41 Czechoslovakia
daughter Panna H Korch F 22 Connecticut
daughter Lillian G Korch F 20 Massachusetts
daughter Floris M Korch F 16 Massachusetts
daughter Eileen D Korch F 14 Massachusetts
son Kenneth A Korch M 11 Massachusetts
daughter Elna M Korch F 6 Massachusetts
son Ronald E Korch M 5 Massachusetts
1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)
1940 Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts
45 First Street
Korch Andrew, head, 52, b. Germany, laborer, street const. W. P. A., $636
Korch Anna, wife, 51, b. Germany
Korch Kenneth, son, 21, b. MA, clerk, drug store, $736
Korch Elna, daughter, 16, b. MA
Korch Ronald, son, 15, b. MA
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)
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