May PENNINGTON

(b. 20 September 1910 , Chorlton, Lancashire, England d. 9 December 1969 , Manchester, England )

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May PENNINGTON was born 20 September 1910 in Chorlton, Lancashire, England

May PENNINGTON was the child of ? and ?

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May married John Jeffrey GIBSON 3 September 1932 in South Manchester, Lancashire . John Jeffrey GIBSON was born 25 July 1912 in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales. John Jeffrey died 10 September 1979 in Tameside, Cheshire, England. John Jeffrey was the child of Thomas GIBSON and Caroline Jane THOMAS.

May PENNINGTON died 9 December 1969 in Manchester, England.
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John Jeffrey GIBSON-- Date: 3 September 1932 Place: South Manchester, Lancashire
John Jeffrey GIBSON was the child of Thomas GIBSON and Caroline Jane THOMAS

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1910 Birth
20 September 1910
Chorlton, Lancashire, England

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)

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))

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.

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

1932 Marriage / Partner
May PENNINGTON and John Jeffrey GIBSON 3 September 1932, South Manchester, Lancashire

She was 21 years old.

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

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

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.

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

1968 - The ATM is invented (Don Wetzel, United States)