Benjamin ARTHURSON

(b. abt. 1909 , Manitoba, Canada d. 30 April 1947 , Norway House, Manitoba, Canada )

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Benjamin ARTHURSON was born abt. 1909 in Manitoba, Canada

Benjamin ARTHURSON was the child of George ARTHURSON and Catherine UNKNOWN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Arthur Archie ARTHURSON and Jane OMAN

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Benjamin married Andrina Dorothy SINCLAIR . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Andrina Dorothy SINCLAIR was born abt. 1912 in Manitoba, Canada. Andrina Dorothy was the child of Cuthbert Allan SINCLAIR and Harriet Louisa HARRIOTT.

Benjamin ARTHURSON died 30 April 1947 in Norway House, Manitoba, Canada.
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Benjamin ARTHURSON married

Andrina Dorothy SINCLAIR-- Place:
Andrina Dorothy SINCLAIR was the child of Cuthbert Allan SINCLAIR and Harriet Louisa HARRIOTT

Children of Benjamin ARTHURSON and Andrina Dorothy SINCLAIR:

George ARTHURSON (b.December 20 1934, , Manitoba, Canada d. January 12 2017, Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
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1910 - May 6 - George V becomes King of England

1911 - October 10 - Robert Borden becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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)

1920 - July 10 - Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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

1921 - December 29 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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

1926 - June 29 - Arthur Meighen becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1926 - September 25 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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

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

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

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.

1930 - August 7 - R. B. Bennett becomes Prime Minister of Canada

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

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

1934 Birth of Child
George ARTHURSON was born December 20 1934, , Manitoba, Canada

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

1935 - October 23 - William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1936 - January 20 - Edward VIII becomes King of England

1936 - December 11 - George VI becomes King of England

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 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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.