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Arthur J. Blish 8 [m]
8th Generation

Personal Details
Born May 18th, 1890 No Image On File
Birthplace Fleischmans (Griffen's Corners), county of Delaware, NY, USA
Baptized No Entry
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Occupation(s) No Entry
Died December 24th, 1966, aged about 76 years
Died at... Fleishmanns, county of Delaware, NY, USA
Cause of Death Heart attack
Burial Place Halcott cemetery, Halcott Center, county of Delaware, NY, USA
Disposition No Entry

Parents
Father [296_c3]John F. Blish 7 No Image On File
Mother [296_c3_sa]Jeannette (Ganung) Blish 7 No Image On File

Spouses, Mates & Children
Wife #1
[296c3c1sa] - Gertrude Esther (Mead) Blish 8
Married by: No Entry
Married at: Fleischmanns (Griffen Corners), county of Delaware, NY, USA

Children by this spouse:
I [296c3c1c1]+ Marion A. Blish 9 b. September 30th, 1913 c. December No Image On File
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Immediate Family Tree
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Arthur J. BlishJohn F. BlishNicholas BlishSilas BlishSylvanus Blish
Esther (Way) Blish
Hannah Eliza (Phelps) BlishNo Entry
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Charlotte "Charity" (Ferguson) BlishNo EntryNo Entry
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Jeannette (Ganung) BlishNo EntryNo EntryNo Entry
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Personalized History Timeline, 1890 to 1966
1837-1901:
Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from before birth until age 11
1881-1896:
5th Cholera pandemic from before birth until age 6
1889-1892:
Benjamin Harrison president of US from before birth until age 2
1890:
Wyoming enters the union - 44th at age 0
1890:
Oklahoma organized as a territory at age 0
1890:
Idaho enters the union - 43rd at age 0
1890:
Battle of Wounded Knee at age 0
1891:
Mormon prophesy of 'coming of lord' by 1891 unfulfilled at age 1
1893-1896:
Grover Cleveland president of US from age 3 to age 6
1893:
Movies at age 3
1893-1897:
US Financial panic, depression from age 3 to age 7
1893:
New Zealand is 1st to grant women right to vote at age 3
1893:
Nikola Tesla invents Radio (not Marconi!) at age 3
1894:
Plague in Hong Kong and China - 1 million die at age 4
1894-1895:
Chinese-Japanese war (1) from age 4 to age 5
1896:
Supreme court approves separate but equal segregation at age 6
1896:
Utah enters the union - 45th at age 6
1897-1901:
William McKinley president of US from age 7 to age 11
1898:
Spanish American 1-year war at age 8
1899-1923:
6th Cholera pandemic from age 9 to age 33
1899-1902:
Boer war from age 9 to age 12
1900:
Hawaii organized as a territory at age 10
1900:
Boxer rebellion in China at age 10
1900:
Galveston Hurricane - 8,000 killed at age 10
1901:
First British submarine launched at age 11
1901:
Oil discovered in Texas in significant amounts at age 11
1901:
Max Planck formulates the Laws of Radiation at age 11
1901-1910:
Reign of King Edward VII (Saxe-Coburg) from age 11 to age 20
1901:
Third law of thermodynamics postulated (W. H. Nernst) at age 11
1901:
Commonwealth of Australia founded at age 11
1901:
US President William McKinley assassinated at age 11
1901-1908:
Theodore Roosevelt president of US from age 11 to age 18
1903:
Airplane at age 13
1903:
Nikola Tesla patents logic gates at age 13
1904-1905:
Russian-Japanese war from age 14 to age 15
1904:
Radar at age 14
1907:
Oklahoma enters the union - 46th at age 17
1907:
Plastic at age 17
1908:
Tunguska atmospheric object explosion at age 18
1909-1912:
William Howard Taft president of US from age 19 to age 22
1909:
Union of South Africa formed at age 19
1909:
North pole reached by Matthew Henson of Robert Peary's exp. at age 19
1910-1936:
Reign of King George V (Windsor) from age 20 to age 46
1910:
Japan annexes Korea at age 20
1910:
Halley's Comet at age 20
1911:
South pole reached by Roald Amundsen at age 21
1912:
Arizona enters the union - 48th at age 22
1912:
Titanic sinks at age 22
1912:
Alaska organized as a territory at age 22
1912:
New Mexico enters the union - 47th at age 22
1913-1920:
Woodrow Wilson president of US from age 23 to age 30
1914:
The Bra at age 24
1914-1919:
World War I from age 24 to age 29
1915:
Einstein's Theory of Relativity at age 25
1916:
Sonar at age 26
1916:
Irish Easter Rebellion at age 26
1917:
US enters WWI at age 27
1917:
Russian revolution at age 27
1918-1920:
Flu epidemic - 25 million plus die from age 28 to age 30
1918-1933:
Prohibition from age 28 to age 43
1919:
Shortwave Radio at age 29
1919:
League of Nations instantiated at age 29
1920:
Women receive right to vote in USA at age 30
1920:
Palestine established at age 30
1920-1929:
Roaring 20's from age 30 to age 39
1921-1924:
Warren G Harding president of US from age 31 to age 34
1922:
Insulin made available to diabetics at age 32
1925-1928:
Calvin Coolidge president of US from age 35 to age 38
1925:
Scopes trial on Evolutionary Theory at age 35
1926:
Sound in Movies at age 36
1927:
1st transAtlantic solo flight - Lindbergh at age 37
1927:
Holland Tunnel opens (New York City) at age 37
1928:
Video Recordings at age 38
1928:
Penicillin discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming at age 38
1928:
Geiger Counter at age 38
1928:
Television at age 38
1929-1932:
Herbert Hoover president of US from age 39 to age 42
1929-1939:
Great Depression from age 39 to age 49
1929:
Stock Market Crash at age 39
1930:
Pluto Discovered at age 40
1931-1933:
Chinese-Japanese war (2) from age 41 to age 43
1933-1945:
Franklin D Roosevelt president of US from age 43 to age 55
1933:
Armstrong invents FM modulation at age 43
1933:
Radio Astronomy at age 43
1933:
Soviet communist party purge at age 43
1934:
Longshoreman's strike - 35,000 on strike for 83 days at age 44
1935:
Dustbowl at age 45
1935-1936:
Abyssinian war from age 45 to age 46
1936:
Spanish Civil War at age 46
1936-1952:
Reign of King George VI (Windsor) from age 46 to age 62
1936:
Helicopter at age 46
1936:
Reign of King Edward VIII (Windsor) at age 46
1937-1945:
Chinese-Japanese war (3) from age 47 to age 55
1937:
Nylon (by DuPont) at age 47
1938:
Germany annexes Austria at age 48
1939:
Digital Computer at age 49
1939-1945:
World War II from age 49 to age 55
1939:
Aircraft Jet Engine invented (by Ohain) at age 49
1940:
Color Television at age 50
1940:
1st black general in US army at age 50
1941-1945:
Manhattan Project from age 51 to age 55
1942:
Nuclear Reactor at age 52
1942:
Magnetic Recording Tape at age 52
1945:
US drops the bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at age 55
1945:
Hypertext at age 55
1945-1952:
Harry S Truman president of US from age 55 to age 62
1945:
United Nations formed at age 55
1946-1989:
The Cold War from age 56 until after line end
1946:
The Bikini at age 56
1947:
UN partitions Palestine to Jewish and Arab sections at age 57
1947:
India and Pakistan emerge from ex-British India at age 57
1947:
Transistor at age 57
1948:
Israel inaugurated as state at age 58
1948:
33 1/3 rpm musical recordings at age 58
1948:
NATO formed at age 58
1948:
Arabs attack Israel on the day it is inaugurated at age 58
1949:
Apartheid policy in South Africa at age 59
1949:
45 rpm musical recordings at age 59
1949:
Soviets detonate first nuclear bomb at age 59
1950:
World pop. est. at 2.4 billion at age 60
1950:
Bunche 1st black to win Nobel Peace Prize at age 60
1950-1953:
Korean War from age 60 to age 63
1950-1954:
McCarthyism from age 60 to age 64
1951:
Electricity from Atomic Power at age 61
1952:
1st Thermonuclear Device Detonated at age 62
1952-2050:
Reign of Queen Elizabeth II (Windsor) from age 62 until after line end
1953-1960:
Dwight D Eisenhower president of US from age 63 to age 70
1954:
Racial segregation in schools ruled unconstitutional at age 64
1955:
Invention of Velcro at age 65
1955:
Introduction of Salk Polio Vaccine at age 65
1955:
Warsaw pact formed at age 65
1955:
Fiber Optics (by Kapany) at age 65
1956:
Ocean liner Andrea Doria collides with the Stockholm, sinks at age 66
1957:
Sputnik Launched - 1st (artificial) satellite at age 67
1958:
Integrated Circuit at age 68
1958:
Stereo LP recordings come into usage at age 68
1958:
US space agency (NASA) established at age 68
1958:
FM Stereo Broadcasts at age 68
1959:
Hawaii enters the union - 50th at age 69
1959:
1st nuclear powered merchant vessel, Savannah at age 69
1959:
Alaska enters the union - 49th at age 69
1960:
Pantyhose at age 70
1960:
Laser at age 70
1960:
World subsurface circumnavigation by US sub Triton at age 70
1960:
1st weather satellite (Tiros I) at age 70
1961-1970:
7th Cholera pandemic from age 71 until after line end
1961:
1st US manned spaceflight - Alan Shephard at age 71
1961:
First human in space - Yuri Gagarin at age 71
1961-1963:
John F Kennedy president of US from age 71 to age 73
1962:
Cuban missile crisis at age 72
1962-1965:
Vatican II from age 72 to age 75
1963:
1st artificial heart at age 73
1963:
Pres. Kennedy Assassinated at age 73
1963-1968:
Lyndon B Johnson president of US from age 73 until after line end
1963:
Compact Cassette Recordings at age 73
1964:
US civil rights bill at age 74
1964-1975:
Vietnam War from age 74 until after line end
1965:
Blacks riot in Watts neighborhood, Los Angeles at age 75
1965:
1st spacewalks (US, USSR) at age 75
1966:
8-track tape players at age 76
1966:
1st soft landings on moon (US, USSR) at age 76

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