Charles Henry DAVIS

(b. 18 April 1921 , Southborough, Massachusetts, USA d. 12 July 1944 , Scotland, North Carolina, USA )

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Charles Henry DAVIS was born 18 April 1921 in Southborough, Massachusetts, USA

Charles Henry DAVIS was the child of William North DAVIS and Eva Belle LANDRY and the grandchild of: (paternal) John Augustus DAVIS and Mary Louise MCFARLAND (maternal) Charles Henry LANDRY and Delia COURTEMANCHE

Charles Henry DAVIS died 12 July 1944 in Scotland, North Carolina, USA.
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1921 Birth
18 April 1921
Southborough, Massachusetts, USA

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States

1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

1927 - April 7 – Bell Telephone Co. transmits an image of Herbert Hoover (then the Secretary of Commerce), which becomes the first successful long distance demonstration of television

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

1929 - Herbert Hoover becomes President of the United States

1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)

1930 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)

1930 - Southborough, Massachusetts
name: William N Davis
event: Census
event date: 1930
event place: Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts
gender: Male
age: 49
marital status: Married
race: White
birthplace: Maine
estimated birth year: 1881
immigration year:
relationship to head of household: Head
father's birthplace: Maine
mother's birthplace: Maine
enumeration district number: 0265
family number: 172
sheet number and letter: 7B
line number: 85
nara publication: T626, roll 965
film number: 2340700
digital folder number: 4607701
image number: 00758
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head William N Davis M 49 Maine
wife Eva B Davis F 42 Massachusetts (Eva Belle Landry)
daughter Vesta L Davis F 16 Massachusetts
daughter Delia N Davis F 15 Massachusetts
daughter Mary L Davis F 14 Massachusetts
son John A Davis M 13 Massachusetts
son William N Davis M 11 Massachusetts
son Charles H Davis M 8 Massachusetts
son Walter Davis M 7 Massachusetts
sister Vesta L Davis F 51 Maine
1930 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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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)

1931 - March 3 – The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the United States National anthem.

1933 - Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes President of the United States

1933 - December 5 – The 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed, repealing Prohibition

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

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

1935 - August 14 – United States President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law

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