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David Crocket Simpson
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David Crocket Simpson 4/11/1898 - 12/28/1956 (Shown at age 54)
| David Crocket Simpson was born on April 11, 1898 in Blountstown, Florida and died on December 28, 1956 in an unknown place. He lived to be 58 years old.
Occupation: Merchant |
| Graveyard/Tombstone | 12/28/1956 | Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) | 58 yrs old | Boggs Cemetery - David Crockett SIMPSON
- 11 Apr 1898 to
28 Dec 1956
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David, his family, and friends. For example, David is 11 years old when The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP)
Age | Date | Event |
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1906 |
An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins. |
19 |
1917 |
Seminole Indians become a Florida tourist attraction. |
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1928 |
The Tamiami Trail opens. It opens the southernmost 275 miles of U.S. Highway 41 from State Road 60 in Tampa to U.S. Route 1 (SR 5) in Miami, Florida to tourist. It also destroys many of the Seminole Indian waterways and hinders their economy. |
Age | Date | Event |
2 |
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. |
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1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
3 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
4 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
5 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
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1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
8 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
8 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
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1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
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1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
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1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
16 |
1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
25 |
1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
25 |
1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
26 |
1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
28 |
1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
29 |
1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
30 |
1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
38 |
1936 |
The first regular television broadcast happens in England |
40 |
1938 |
Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission |
48 |
1946 |
The university of Pennsylvania develops the ENIAC computer, containing 18,000 vacuum tubes |
49 |
1947 |
Researches at Bell Labs invent the first transistor |
53 |
1951 |
The first color television is introduced in the U.S. |
54 |
1952 |
The first sex-change surgery was performed to change George Jorgensen into Christine Jorgensen. |
Age | Date | Event |
10 |
1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
14 |
1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
15 |
1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
19 |
1917 |
NEWS HEADLINES: In June, the United States enters World War I on the side of the allies. The Russian Revolution ends the reign of the czars and thrusts Russia into communism. |
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1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
40 |
1938 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic. |
41 |
1939 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States |
43 |
1941 |
NEWS HEADLINES: December 7, 1941 -- Japan launches a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and the US officially declares war on Japan the following day. World War II begins for American soldiers. |
52 |
1950 |
NEWS HEADLINES: On June 25, the Korean War begins and the United Nations officially declaring war on North Korea two days later. |
57 |
1955 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, AL. |
Age | Date | Event |
11 |
1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
12 |
1910 |
Boy Scout and Girl Scout Organizations are introduced in America and the concept of a "week end" meaning time off from regular work begins to take root. The British Empire covers 1/5th of the world land area. |
29 |
1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
31 |
1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
32 |
1930 |
Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. |
34 |
1932 |
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered. |
35 |
1933 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected president under his "New Deal" campaign. Frances Perkins becomes the first woman to hold a cabinet post when FDR appoints her secretary of labor. On December 5, the 21st Amendment is added to the Constitution, repealing Prohibition. Drinks for everyone! |
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1934 |
Farm families must leave the dust bowl-stricken Great Plains areas. The dust bowl includes areas in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Nevada and Arkansas. Radio picks up the "Okie" songs. In all, 400,000 people leave the Great Plains. |
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1934 |
Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize. |
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1935 |
Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time. |
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1939 |
Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color. |
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1943 |
Japanese Americans are relocated to internment camps; Almost 400,000 coal miners go on strike; Race riots break out in Los Angeles and Detroit. |
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1944 |
On June 6, Allied forces invade Normandy (referred to as "D-Day") |
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1945 |
President Roosevelt dies; The United Nations is established; the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima. |
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1954 |
The nationally televised McCarthy hearings lead to Senator Joseph McCarthy's downfall; Segregation by race in schools is declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court; Congress adds the words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance and requires "In God We Trust" to appear on all American currency. |
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1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
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1914 |
World War I - Following the crisis touched off by the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo, Germany declared war on Russia and additional countries joined the war within several days. |
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1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
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1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
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1920 |
Adolph Hitler begins to organize the Nazi party in Germany; The Ku Klux Klan launches a recruitment campaign using mass marketing techniques to gain 85,000 new recruits; the first commercial broadcast is made. |
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1938 |
Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia. |
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1939 |
Hitler takes over all of Czechoslovakia. On Sept. 1st, Germany invades Poland. On Sept. 3rd, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany. World War II has begun. |
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1945 |
World War II ends with a Japanese delegation signing instrument of surrender aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. |
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| Margaret Halley Born on May 4, 1899 and died on March 29, 2001
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The Children of David Crocket Simpson
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43 years old
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David "Jackie" Halley Simpson Born in Mobile, Alabama on March 5, 1925 and died in Blountstown, Florida on December 14, 2001. He was 76 years old.
occupation: Owner of Simpson's Auto Parts in Blountstown, FL, Served in the Army in WWII....
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17 years old
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William 'Bill' Earl Simpson Born in Blountstown, Florida on August 3, 1927 and died in at Sea, in an unknown country on June 4, 1945. He was 17 years old.
Died at sea during collision between the steam ship America and The Mary C. Kimbro....
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