Josephine Frances
JAMES
(b.
20 April 1903
,
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
d.
31 March 1964
,
Los Angeles, California, USA
)
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Josephine Frances JAMES was born 20 April 1903 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Josephine Frances JAMES was the child of Jesse Edwards "Tim" JAMES and Stella Frances MCGOWAN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jesse Woodson JAMES and Zerelda Amanda MIMMSJosephine Frances JAMES died 31 March 1964 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
m. Ronald Monro Ross in 1925
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1903 Birth 20 April 1903
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.
1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)
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.
1964 Death 31 March 1964
Los Angeles, California, USA
She died at the age of 60.
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Josephine is buried at: Forest Lawn Memorial Park Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA
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