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Name: Gerrish Monroe Severson
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Event Date: 06 Oct 1910
Event Place: Hamilton, Iowa, United States
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Father's Name: Geo J Severson
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Mother's Name: Minnie C Larson
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Digital Folder Number: 004265681
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'Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935,'
1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)
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.
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.
Obituary
Des Moines Register
Wednesday, November 24, 2004
Gerrish Monroe Severson, 94, formerly of Forest City and Huxley, IA passed away on Monday, November 22, 2004 at The Village Health Care Center in Indianola.
Memorial services were held Friday, November 26 at The Village Centre Lounge in Indianola with visitation there one half hour prior to services. Burial was in the Bethleham Cemetery in Slater, IA.
Gerrish was born October 6, 1910 in Blairsburg, IA, the son of GEORGE and MINNIE (Larson) Severson and married ELSIE Mae Olson on May 15, 1937 in Slater. He earned his undergraduate Degree, Masters and PhD from Iowa State University and retired from Waldorf College in Forest City as Dean of Instruction.
Gerrish is survived by his very devoted wife ELSIE; son GARY (Linda) Severson of Bloomington, IL; two brothers, Dr. WAYNE (Maxine) Severson of West Des Moines, and GEORGE J. (Mary) Severson of Iowa Falls; and 2 grandsons, DAVID and STEVEN Anderson of California. He was preceded
Death — 2004
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