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Jerry C. Adams 

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About Jerry C. Adams
Jerry C. Adams 1900 - 2000 Jerry C. Adams was born about 1900 in an unknown place and died in an unknown year in an unknown place. Actual dates of birth and death are unknown and the years shown have been estimated instead of based upon facts.
Census 1/19/1920 Tyler TX (Smith County) 20 yrs old Recorded as dwelling #292, family #322: Willie Adams (age 45), Dora (wife, age 43), Jerry (son, 21), Virgie (daughter, 14), Dot (daughter, 11), and Inez (daughter, age 8). All were born in Texas. Willie's parents were from Alabama and Dora's were from Georgia & Mississippi. All can read and write, except the youngest child. Willie and Jerry are working as firemen on the railroad. Willie owns their house and it is free of any debt.   Census 4/30/1930 Tyler TX (Smith County) 30 yrs old Recorded as family #305: Jerry C. Adams (age 30) and Loma (wife, age 24). Both were born in TX as were their parents. Jerry owns the house they live in and estimates the value to be $500. They do not live on a farm. Both can read and write. Jerry is working as a laborer on road construction. Living next door are Dora Adams (53 year old widow) and her two daughters Dot (age 22) and Inez (age 19).
Age Date Event Viewing events that affected the communities where Jerry Adams lived Viewing U.S. History Viewing World History Viewing Discoveries 1 1901 First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. 2 1902 The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. 3 1903 Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk 4 1904 The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming 6 1906 Electrons are discovered by Thomson 6 1906 Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes 6 1906 The triode vacuum tube is invented 8 1908 NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile 9 1909 The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe 9 1909 The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) 10 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. 12 1912 The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. 13 1913 NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures 13 1913 Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant 14 1914 The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed 14 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. 17 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. 17 1917 Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. 19 1919 The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. 19 1919 NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. 20 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. 23 1923 Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes 23 1923 Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" 24 1924 Insecticides are used for the first time on crops 26 1926 Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket 27 1927 Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. 27 1927 The first television transmission was announced in England 28 1928 Big bang theory was introduced 29 1929 Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October 30 1930 Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. 32 1932 Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered. 33 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! 34 1934 Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize. 34 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. 35 1935 Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time. 36 1936 The first regular television broadcast happens in England 38 1938 Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission 38 1938 NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic. 38 1938 Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia. 39 1939 NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States 39 1939 Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color. 39 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. 41 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. 43 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. 44 1944 On June 6, Allied forces invade Normandy (referred to as "D-Day") 45 1945 President Roosevelt dies; The United Nations is established; the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima. 45 1945 World War II ends with a Japanese delegation signing instrument of surrender aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. 46 1946 The university of Pennsylvania develops the ENIAC computer, containing 18,000 vacuum tubes 47 1947 Researches at Bell Labs invent the first transistor 50 1950 NEWS HEADLINES: On June 25, the Korean War begins and the United Nations officially declaring war on North Korea two days later. 51 1951 The first color television is introduced in the U.S. 52 1952 The first sex-change surgery was performed to change George Jorgensen into Christine Jorgensen. 54 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. 55 1955 NEWS HEADLINES: Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, AL. 57 1957 Sputnik is launched by the Soviets and becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth. It marks the beginning of the great "space race" between the Soviet Union and the U.S. 60 1960 The ruby laser was created by Maiman 60 1960 NEWS HEADLINES: The first birth control pill was approved and made available to the public 62 1962 U.S. astronaut, John Glenn, orbits the earth 62 1962 The Cuban missile crisis escalates and Americans prepare for a Nuclear War with Fidel Castro in Cuba. 63 1963 NEWS HEADLINES: On November 22, President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald. 65 1965 The first "space walk" was completed by the Soviet Union 66 1966 The Black Panther party is founded. 67 1967 Martin Luther King leads an anti Vietnam protest in New York; The American Indian Movement is founded; Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King are assassinated; Three Apollo astronauts are killed in a fire on the launch pad. 69 1969 NEWS HEADLINES: In July, the U.S. becomes the first nation to land astronauts on the moon. Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to step on the lunar surface. 70 1970 NEWS HEADLINES: U.S. forces invade Cambodia and the Vietnam War continues to escalate. Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix die of drug overdoses. Four Kent State University students are killed during a Vietnam War protest. 71 1971 The first unmanned spacecraft hit Mars and was launched by the Soviet Union 71 1971 Charles Manson is found guilt of murder. 72 1972 Break-in at the Democratic headquarters sets of the Watergate Scandal. 73 1973 The Vietnam War peace pacts were signed in Paris and the last of the American forces finally leave Vietnam. 74 1974 Discovery of "Lucy" in Africa, an almost complete hominid skeleton over 3 million years old, only 3 and a half feet tall but having adult teeth, a small brain, walked upright 75 1975 Invention of the CAT scanner (computerized axial tomography) 77 1977 NEWS HEADLINES: Star Wars is released and becomes the biggest ticket selling movie of all time. 77 1977 Jimmy Carter, a Democrat from GA, is elected president. 79 1979 First "test tube baby" from artificial insemination 81 1981 AIDS is identified by scientist; The first reusable space shuttle, Columbia, is sent into space. 81 1981 Ronald Reagan is elected president. He will serve two terms. (Republican) 84 1984 NEWS HEADLINES: The first Macintosh computer with a mouse is launched and begins the computer age as it is shortly followed by the first PC and Microsoft. 86 1986 Moments after liftoff the space shuttle Challenger explodes, killing size astronauts and a New Hampshire teacher. 87 1987 President Reagan and Soviet leader Gorbachev meet in Washington and sign an agreement calling for the dismantling of all Soviet and US missiles. 89 1989 An asteroid comes relatively close to colliding with the earth 89 1989 George Bush is elected president. (Republican) 89 1989 The Berlin Wall falls uniting communist East Germany and capitalistic West Germany 90 1990 Iraq (Sadam Hussein) invades Kuwait causing the U.N. to impose sanctions. This leads to the Gulf War. 90 1990 Hubble Space Telescope launched; optical defect discovered and repaired later in 1993. 92 1992 NEWS HEADLINES: The "World Wide Web" (Internet) became available for home use through college and university sponsored "freenets". 92 1992 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is formed. 93 1993 Bill Clinton is elected president. He will serve two terms. (Democrat) 93 1993 South Africa accepts racial equality. 94 1994 O.J. Simpson is chased down by police and later his trial is telecast for the world to watch. 94 1994 The world watches comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 (S-L 9) colliding with Jupiter 96 1996 Pope John Paul II affirmed evolution by natural selection 97 1997 First Pathfinder vehicle lands on Mars and begin sending first photographs of Martin landscape. These are made available on the internet. 97 1997 A robust economy creates the longest prosperity in U.S. history. 98 1998 Construction begins on the International Space Station. 99 1999 United States budget goes into surplus. 99 1999 Yugoslavia breaks up and Serbia is contained. 100 2000 Successful cloning of animals begins in the early 2000s. 100 2000 China begins to emerge as an economic giant.     Click on the Community, US History, World History or Discoveries button above to see a listing of historical events that happened during Jerry Adams's life. These events affected the life and times of Jerry, his family and friends. The Age column will show how old Jerry was when the event occurred.

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	Loma Lockridge Born on 8/14/1905 and died on 4/19/1988

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