Click on any of the News, Events, or Discoveries buttons above to see historical things that happened during
Gordon Robison's life. These are only some of the major events that affected the life and times of
Gordon, his family, and friends.
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 18 |
1906 |
An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins. |
| Age | Date | Event |
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| 17 |
1905 |
Crisp, Grady, Jenkins, Tift, Davis, Stephens, Toombs, Turner, and Ben Hill Counties formed. |
| Age | Date | Event |
|---|
| 1 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
| 7 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
| 9 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
| 12 |
1900 |
The cause of yellow fever is discovered. It is proven that the fever is spread by mosquitoes. This rallies an effort to provide better mosquito control. |
| 12 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
| 13 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
| 14 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 15 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 16 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 18 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
| 18 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 18 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| Age | Date | Event |
|---|
| 20 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
