Bruce Welford DYKE

(b. 17 April 1908 , d. abt. 1968 , )

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Bruce Welford DYKE was born 17 April 1908

Bruce Welford DYKE was the child of William Thomas DYKE and Addie L TATE

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Bruce Welford married Margaretha GEIHLER abt. 1947 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Margaretha GEIHLER was born abt. 1913 in New York, USA. Margaretha was the child of Frederick GEIHLER and Katherine KAPPENBERG.

Bruce Welford DYKE died abt. 1968
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Bruce Welford DYKE married

Margaretha GEIHLER-- Date: abt. 1947 Place:
Margaretha GEIHLER was the child of Frederick GEIHLER and Katherine KAPPENBERG

Children of Bruce Welford DYKE and Margaretha GEIHLER:

Frederick DYKE (b.abt. 1947, Putnam, Connecticut, USA d. abt. 1998, Dudley, Massachusetts, USA)

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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)

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)

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)

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