Harriet Ida
PICKENS
(b.
17 March 1909
,
Talladega, Alabama, USA
d.
abt. 1969
,
Manhattan, New York, USA
)
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Harriet Ida PICKENS was born 17 March 1909 in Talladega, Alabama, USA
Harriet Ida PICKENS was the child of William PICKENS and Minnie Cooper MCALPENHarriet Ida PICKENS died abt. 1969 in Manhattan, New York, USA .
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Harriet Ida PICKENS was a In 1944, she became one of the first Black female officers in the U.S. Navy, breaking racial and gender barriers in the naval forces..
Harriet Ida PICKENS was a In 1944, she became one of the first Black female officers in the U.S. Navy, breaking racial and gender barriers in the naval forces..
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1909 Birth 17 March 1909
Talladega, Alabama, USA
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.Postcards and Memories of Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights)
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