Don Edward DITTMAN

(b. 20 September 1911 , Los Angeles, California, USA d. 9 October 1945 , Los Angeles, California, USA )

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Don Edward DITTMAN was born 20 September 1911 in Los Angeles, California, USA

Don Edward DITTMAN was the child of Arthur Bernard DITTMAN and Amelia I NEESLEY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Henry William (Wilhelm Heinrich) DITTMAN and Emma KOEPKE (maternal) John George NEESLEY and Dorothy KASTNER

Don Edward DITTMAN died 9 October 1945 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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1911 Birth
20 September 1911
Los Angeles, California, USA

1911
Name: Don R Dittmann
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 20 Sep 1911
Event Place: Los Angeles, California, United States
Gender: Male
Mother's Name: Neesley

'California, Birth Index, 1905-1995,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ VLGQ-D7V : accessed 25 Jul 2013), Neesley in entry for Don R Dittmann, 1911.
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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 Jackson, Jackson, Michigan
Name: Don E Dittman
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1920
Event Place: Jackson Ward 4, Jackson, Michigan, United States
District: 19
Gender: Male
Age: 8
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: Yes
Relationship to Head of Household: Grandson
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Grandson
Own or Rent:
Birth Year (Estimated): 1912
Birthplace: California
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Mother's Birthplace: Michigan
Sheet Number and Letter: 6B
Household ID: 165
Line Number: 97
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T625
GS Film number: 1820774
Digital Folder Number: 004311612
Image Number: 00119
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Dorathy Neesley F 69 Germany
Son William Neesley M 39 Michigan
Daughter-in-law Josephine Neesley F 26 Michigan
Grandson Don E Dittman M 8...Read MORE...

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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 - 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 Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
name: Arthur Dittman
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: Los Angeles (Districts 0251-0500), Los Angeles, California
gender: Male
age: 45
marital status: Married
race: White
birthplace: Massachusetts
estimated birth year: 1885
immigration year:
relationship to head of household: Head
father's birthplace: Massachusetts
mother's birthplace: Massachusetts
enumeration district number: 0441
family number: 391
sheet number and letter: 19B
line number: 83
nara publication: T626, roll 149
film number: 2339884
digital folder number: 4532480
image number: 00356
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Arthur Dittman M 45 Massachusetts
wife Myrtle Dittman F 39 California
son Don Dittman M 19 California
daughter Alice Dittman F 16 California
head Walter F Frank M 36 Illinois
wife Martha E Frank F 36 Illinois
son Gilbert Frank M 11 Illinois
father-in-law William Haussner M 72 Illinois
mother-in-law Elizabeth Haussner F 71 Illinois
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.

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

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

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.

Death
Name: Don Edward Dittman
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 09 Oct 1945
Event Place: Los Angeles, California, United States
Birth Date: 20 Sep 1911
Birthplace: California
Gender: Male
Father's Name: Dittman
Mother's Name: Neesley

'California, Death Index, 1940-1997,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ VPQX-JF9 : accessed 25 Jul 2013), Neesley in entry for Don Edward Dittman, 1945.
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Don is buried at: Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) Glendale Los Angeles County California, USA Plot: Eventide, Map 1, Lot 147, Space 1

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