James Robert DAY

Born

24 January 1909 , Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA

Died

6 January 1963 , Pittsford, Monroe, New York, USA

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James Arthur DAY Bessie Louise MULHOLLEN

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Born: 24 January 1909 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: James Arthur DAY

Mother: Bessie Louise MULHOLLEN

Paternal grandparents: Reuben Augustus DAY , Helen Granger "Nellie" LAIRD

Maternal grandparents: William Elmer MULHOLLEN , Mary Jane MILLER

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James Robert married Claudia Marguerite RACE 28 September 1929 in Syracuse, New York, USA . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Claudia Marguerite RACE was born 6 May 1908 in Auburn, New York, USA. Claudia Marguerite died 16 February 1994 in Miami, Florida, USA. Claudia Marguerite was the child of Will Claude RACE and Mary Zeta CROWLEY.

James Robert DAY died 6 January 1963 in Pittsford, Monroe, New York, USA.

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Claudia Marguerite RACE
Marriage date: 28 September 1929
Marriage place: Syracuse, New York, USA
Source: The Syracuse Herald, Syracuse, NY
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Claudia Marguerite RACE was the child of Will Claude RACE and Mary Zeta CROWLEY

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Sunday, September 01, 1929, Page 74

Children of James Robert DAY and Claudia Marguerite RACE

James Robert DAY

Born: 26 October 1931, Syracuse, New York, USA
Died: 26 July 1986, Whitestown, New York, USA

Jon William DAY

Born: 21 March 1936, Syracuse, New York, USA
Died: 6 September 2013, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Married: Dorothy Louise ROOK 7 September 1957 Place: Windham, Connecticut, USA (Willimantic)

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Birth — 1909
24 January 1909
Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1913 - Woodrow Wilson becomes President of the United States

1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany

1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time

1919 - June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification

1920 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution

1921 - Warren G. Harding becomes President of the United States

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States

1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

1927 - April 7 – Bell Telephone Co. transmits an image of Herbert Hoover (then the Secretary of Commerce), which becomes the first successful long distance demonstration of television

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

1929 Marriage / Partner
James Robert DAY and Claudia Marguerite RACE 28 September 1929, Syracuse, New York, USA

He was 20 years old.

James Robert DAY - Sunday, June 30, 1929, Page 39

Sunday, June 30, 1929, Page 39

The Syracuse Herald, Syracuse, NY
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1929 - Herbert Hoover becomes President of the United States

1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)

1930 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)

1930 Syracuse, Onondaga, New York
Race, W. Claude, head, age 56, b. NY, parents b. NY, works in machine shop
Race, Mary C., wife, age 56, b. NY, parents b. England
Rocks, Hilda B., roomer, age 23, b. NY, parents b. NY, vocalist in music store

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Day, James R., head, age 21, b. PA, parents b. PA, teller at bank
Day, Claudia R., wife, age 21, b NY, parents b. NY, hostess at Physicians Bldg
1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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In 1930, on February 18, Pluto was discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, marking a significant milestone in the study of our solar system.

1931 - The paper towel is invented (Arthur Scott, United States)

1931 - March 3 – The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the United States National anthem.

1931 Birth of Child
James Robert DAY was born 26 October 1931, Syracuse, New York, USA

James Robert was 22 years old.

1933 - Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes President of the United States

1933 - December 5 – The 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed, repealing Prohibition

1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)

1935 - The snowmobile was invented by Joseph Bombardier (Quebec, Canada)

1935 - August 14 – United States President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law

1936 Birth of Child
Jon William DAY was born 21 March 1936, Syracuse, New York, USA

James Robert was 27 years old.

1938 - The ballpoint pen is invented (Lazlo Biro, Hungary)

1938-1944 - Sunscreen is invented (Franz Greiter, Switzerland and Benjamin Green, United States)

1938 - October 27 - Du Pont announces a name for its new synthetic yarn: nylon.

1940 Syracuse, Onondaga, New York
Name: J Robert Day
Titles & Terms:
Event: Census
Event Year: 1940
Event Place: Ward 10, Syracuse, Syracuse City, Onondaga, New York, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 31
Marital Status: Married
Race (Original):
Race (Standardized): White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original):
Relationship to Head of Household (Standardized): Son-in-law
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Estimated Birth Year: 1909
Residence in 1935: Same Place
Enumeration District Number: 66-150
Family Number: 102
Sheet Number and Letter: 5B
Line Number: 70
NARA Publication Number: T627
NARA Roll Number: 2856
Digital Folder Number: 005459444
Image Number: 00249
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Housekeeper W Claude Race M 67 New York
Wife Mary Race F 68 New York
Son-in-law J Robert Day M 31 Pennsylvania
Daughter Claudia Day F 31 New York
Grandson J Robert Day M 8 New York
Grandson Jon William Day M 4 New York
1940 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

1941 - December 8 - (the day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor) United States declares war on Japan (WW2)

1944 - D-Day, which occurred on June 6, 1944, was a pivotal World War II operation where Allied forces launched a massive invasion on the beaches of Normandy, France. Known as Operation Overlord, it involved over 156,000 troops from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and other Allied nations. The operation aimed to liberate Western Europe from Nazi German control. The landings marked the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany, leading to the eventual Allied victory in Europe.

1945 - The atomic bomb is invented (J. Robert Oppenheimer, et al., United States)

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.

1945 - Harry S. Truman becomes President of the United States

1945 - On September 2, 1945, World War II officially ended with the formal surrender of Japan. The surrender ceremony took place aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, where Japanese officials signed the Instrument of Surrender in the presence of Allied representatives, including General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester Nimitz.

1948 - Velcro is invented (George de Mestral, Switzerland)

1950 - June 25 - Korean War begins when North Korean forces invade South Korea.

1953 - Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes President of the United States

1953 - On July 27, 1953, the Korean War ended with the signing of an armistice agreement at Panmunjom. This ceasefire halted the conflict between North Korea, supported by China and the Soviet Union, and South Korea, backed by United Nations forces primarily from the United States. The agreement established the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) near the 38th parallel, effectively maintaining the pre-war boundary and creating a buffer zone between the two Koreas.

1957 Marriage of Child
Jon William DAY married 7 September 1957, Windham, Connecticut, USA (Willimantic) to Dorothy Louise ROOK

1961 - John F. Kennedy becomes President of the United States

1961 - Vietnam War officially begins with 900 military advisors landing in Saigon.

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.