♂ Chan Miller Johnson

1913 - 1988

Chan Miller Johnson
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Parents
Lula Bell Miller
Lula Bell Miller
1880 - 1968
Spouse
Vera Mae Riney
Vera Mae Riney
1913 - 1996
Lois Lavonn Matticks
Lois Lavonn Matticks
1918 - 1968
Siblings

1930


Age: 16y
1930 Amy Johnson lands in Darwin, Australia, becoming the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia (she left on May 5 for the 11,000 mile flight).

1934


Feb 1
Age: 20y

marriage


Lois Lavonn Matticks
Missouri, USA ⇓
1934 Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930.

1935


Feb 14
Age: 21y

1940


Jan 19
Age: 26y
1940 • WW II: The "Eagle Day" strike on southern Great Britain occurs, starting the rapid escalation of the Battle of Britain air offensive of the Luftwaffe against RAF Fighter Command.

1940


Apr 5
Age: 27y
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt, in a fireside chat to the nation, declares that the United States must become "the great arsenal of democracy."
before

1941


Mar 6
Age: 27y
1941 • WWII: The U.S. Senate passes the Lend-Lease Act.60–31.

1949


Feb 17
Age: 35y
1949 Laszlo Rajk, ex-foreign minister of Hungary, is sentenced to death.
about

1949


Dec 5
Age: 36y

marriage


Anna Franklin Van Deusen
Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓
Marriage License announcement in Tacoma News Tribune. Chan M was living in Rockport, WA at the time.
1949 • Notorious World War II veteran Edwin Alonzo Boyd commits his first career bank robbery in Toronto.

1950


Apr 6
Age: 37y
Chan Miller Johnson - 1950 United States Federal Census

residence


Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓
Chan is working as a Night Watchman at the Wholesale Union Stock Yards in Seattle. He would walk the grounds and check in at locations with a special time clock he wore on a vest.
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1950 Chiang Kai-shek is re-elected as a president of the Republic of China.

1951


Feb 24
Age: 37y
1951 • The United States, Australia and New Zealand all sign a mutual defense pact, called the ANZUS Treaty.

1969


Jan
Age: 55y

residence


Shoreline, King, Washington, USA ⇓
Living at 19358 5th Ave, Shoreline, WA
1969 Rosariazo: Civil unrest breaks out in Rosario, Argentina, following the death of a 15-year-old student.

1981


Oct 1
Age: 68y
1981 England become the first team this century to win a test match after following on when they beat Australia by 18 runs at Headingley cricket ground, Leeds, England.
after

1988


Dec 3

burial


Lynnwood, Snohomish, Washington, USA ⇓
Buried at Floral Hills Cemetery in the Evergreen Garden
1988 The Last Emperor (directed by Bernardo Bertolucci) wins nine Oscars.

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