Dorothea Alice
HAESSIG
(b.
May 21 1924
,
Fort Madison, Lee, Iowa, USA
d.
July 4 2012
,
Coos Bay, Coos, Oregon, USA
)
Age: 88
Cause of Death: Copd
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Dorothea Alice HAESSIG was born May 21 1924 in Fort Madison, Lee, Iowa, USA
Dorothea Alice HAESSIG was the child of Albert Oscar HAESSIG and Ida Elizabeth "Betty" BAKERDorothea Alice HAESSIG died July 4 2012 in Coos Bay, Coos, Oregon, USA.
She was a great mom. Oldest daughter. She took care of her sister while her parents worked. After High school she joined the Navy. After the Navy she went to Vallejo Community College. She meet my dad and they got married. They first lived in Oakland, California and later they bought a house in Concord. When my little brother started school my mom went back to work as a nurses aid. Later in 1973 my parents moved to Oregon because my dad was having trouble finding work. He ended up working in Eugene. He would come home on weekends. My dad ended up Working on the Oil pipe line up at Barrows, Alaska. I think that while he was up there he had a stroke. He changed while he was up there. Soon after that my parents got divorced. Mom still had the house in Coos Bay and Dad lived in Eugene. Mom started working in the local Hospital in Housekeeping. She retired from there.
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Dorothea Alice HAESSIG was a Housewife.
Dorothea Alice HAESSIG was a Housewife.
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1924 Birth May 21 1924
Fort Madison, Lee, Iowa, USA
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)1935 - August 14 – United States President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law 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.
1974 - Gerald R. Ford becomes President of the United States after the resignation of Richard Nixon.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.
2012 Death July 4 2012
Coos Bay, Coos, Oregon, USA
She died at the age of 88.
Dorothea is buried at: Roseburg National Cemetery
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