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Frank Robbins was born in 1875. Gertrude was born the following year. The
Battle of Little Big Horn took place when she was a little more than a
month old. They both lived to see Sputnik and other satellites launched
and Frank lived just long enough to see humans orbit the Earth. Maybe
those events at the extreme fringes of their lives didn't mean a lot to
them but they were around for many other momentous events that surely did
mean a lot. Some of these appear below in a list that is modified only
slightly from the one from the 2020 trip.
| Jan 27, 1875 |
Frank Robbins born. |
| May 16, 1876 |
Gertrude Fifer born. |
| Jun 25, 1876 |
Battle of Little Big Horn (Custer's Last Stand). |
| Aug 1, 1876 |
Colorado becomes 38th state. |
| Jan 27, 1880 |
Edison patents incandescent lamp. |
| Oct 6, 1881 |
Gunfight at the OK Corral. Billy the Kid was gunned down on July
14th. Jesse James is shot from behind on April 3, 1882.
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| Jun 5, 1893 |
Lizzie Borden trial opens. |
| Jun 27, 1893 |
Stock Market Crash. |
| Apr 14, 1898 |
Spain declares war on United States. Teddy Roosevelt & Rough
Riders at San Juan Hill on July 1st.
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| Dec 17, 1903 |
Wright brothers first flight at Kitty Hawk. |
| Apr 18, 1906 |
San Francisco earthquake. |
| Oct 1, 1908 |
First production Model T Ford assembled. |
| Jun 22, 1914 |
Archduke Ferdinand assassinated and a world war becomes a reality.
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| Nov 6, 1917 |
Start of Socialist Revolution in Russian. |
| Nov 11, 1918 |
The Great War (WWI) ends. |
| Jan 17, 1920 |
Prohibition goes into effect one year after ratification of the
18th amendment (Jan 16, 1919). It is repealed on December 5, 1933
with the 21st amendment.
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| Aug 18, 1920 |
Women get right to vote with 19th amendment. |
| Nov 2, 1920 |
Warren G. Harding elected President of the US. A first for both
women and radio. Results broadcast by KDKA in Pittsburgh.
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| Nov 4, 1920 |
Frank & Gertrude depart Woodington on first trip to Florida.
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| Mar 4, 1921 |
Harding is first president to ride to his inauguration in an
automobile.
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| Jul 14, 1921 |
Sacco & Vanzetti trial ends. |
| Jul 18, 1921 |
Black Sox trial starts. |
| Nov 16, 1922 |
Door to the tomb of Tutankamen (King Tut) pierced. |
| Aug 2, 1923 |
President Harding dies and is succeeded by Calvin Coolidge. |
| Oct 29, 1923 |
Frank & Gertrude depart Woodington on second trip to
Florida.
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| Nov 27, 1924 |
First Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
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| Jul 10, 1925 |
Trial of John T. Scopes, on charges of teaching evolution, begins.
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| May 20, 1927 |
Lindbergh begins transatlantic flight. |
| Oct 24, 1929 |
Black Thursday. The great stock market crash. |
| Feb 18, 1930 |
The planet Pluto discovered. |
| Jul 2, 1937 |
Amelia Earhart vanishes. |
| Dec 7, 1941 |
Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor |
| Jun 6, 1944 |
Normandy invasion; D-Day |
| Aug 6, 1945 |
A-bomb dropped on Hiroshima |
| Oct 4, 1957 |
Sputnik launched |
| Sep 26, 1960 |
Gertrude Fifer Robbins dies |
| Apr 12, 1961 |
Yuri Gagarin in space for 1 orbit. Two Americans were also in
space during Frank's lifetime; Alan Shepard on May 5, 1961 and Gus
Grissom on July 21, 1961
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| Aug 15, 1961 |
Frank Robbins dies |
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