1910 Birth
Name: Joseph R. Proulx
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Event Date: 03 Sep 1910
Event Place: Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
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father: Adolphe Proulx
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mother: Adeline Lippe
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volume/ page/ certificate number: 423
Film Number: 2315296
Digital Folder Number: 4401713
Image Number: 416
'Massachusetts, Births, 1841-1915,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ FXJR-L4Z : accessed 30 Nov 2012), Joseph R. Proulx, 1910.
1920 Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
Name: Romuald Proulx
Residence: Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
estimated Birth Year: 1911
Age: 9
birthPlace: Massachusetts
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
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Film Number: 1820748
Digital Folder Number: 4311573
Image Number: 00573
sheet number: 8
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parent Adolph Proulx M 52y
parent Adeline Proulx F 47y
Edgar Proulx M 27y
Lillian Proulx F 24y
Theresa Proulx F 19y
Irene Proulx F 17y
Maguelone Proulx F 15y
Genevra Proulx F 13y
Placide Proulx M 11y
Romuald Proulx M 9y
1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)
1930 Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
Name: Romeo Proulx
event: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
Gender: Male
Age: 19
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
birthPlace: Massachusetts
estimated Birth Year: 1911
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Relationship to Head of Household: Son
father's birthPlace: Massachusetts
mother's birthPlace: Canada
enumeration district number: 0268
family number: 187
Sheet Number and Letter: 9B
Line Number: 52
nara publication: T626, roll 965
Film Number: 2340700
Digital Folder Number: 4607701
Image Number: 00910
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parent Adolphe Proulx M 62
parent Adeline Proulx F 57
Edgar Proulx M 36
Lillian Proulx F 34
Theresa Proulx F 29
Maguelone Proulx F 25
Geneva Proulx F 23
Placide Proulx M 21
Romeo Proulx M 19
1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)
1940 Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
Name: Romeo Proulx
Age: 29
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1911
Gender: Male
Race: White
BirthPlace: Massachusetts
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Son
Home in 1940: Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
Street: Cross Street
House Number: 99
Sheet Number: 8A
Household Members:
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Adeline Proulx 68
Edgar Proulx 47
Lillian Proulx 45
Theresa Proulx 39
Madelon Proulx 35
Placid Proulx 31
Romeo Proulx 29
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)
1985 Death
Massachusetts, Death Index, 1970-2003
Name: Romuald Proulx
event: Death
Event Date: 14 May 1985
Event Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts
death certificate number: 030081
Birth Date: 30 Aug 1910
birthPlace: Massachusetts
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U.S. Social Security Death Index
first Name: Romuald
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last Name: Proulx
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Birth Date: 30 August 1910
social security number: 019-09-4402
place of issuance: Massachusetts
last Residence: Worcester, Massachusetts
zip code of last Residence: 01550
death date : May 1985
estimated age at death: 75
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