♂ Charles Franklin Jones

1882 - 1972

 

Charlie

Charles Franklin Jones
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Spouse
Mary Agnes McGinnis
Mary Agnes McGinnis
1896 - 1963
Children
Juanita Jones
Juanita Jones
1923 - 2012
Charles Franklin Jones Jr.
Charles F Jones Jr.
1925 - 2008

1882


Dec 20
1882 Great Comet of 1882: Her Majesty's Astronomer at the Cape, David Gill, reported watching the comet rise a few minutes before the Sun and described it as "The nucleus was then undoubtedly single, and certainly rather under than over 4″ in diameter; in fact, as I have described it, it resembled very much a star of the 1st magnitude seen by daylight."

1909


Age: 25y
1909 • Einar Dessau uses a short-wave radio transmitter, becoming the first radio broadcaster.

1923


Age: 39y
1923 Hyperinflation in Germany reaches its height, as was previously established above.

1923


Feb 1
Age: 40y

marriage


Mary Agnes McGinnis
Arlington, Snohomish, Washington, USA ⇓
Agnes's brother James McGinnis was a witness to the marriage
1923 • In Germany, the Communists attempt a "putsch" in Hamburg, which results in street battles in that city for the next two days, when it ends unsuccessfully.

1925


Age: 41y
1925 • The Thompson submachine gun sells for $175 in the 1925 Sears, Roebuck and Company mail order catalog.

1931


Age: 47y

1972


May 6
Age: 89y
1972 • A huge solar flare (one of the largest ever recorded) knocks out cable lines in U.S. It begins with the appearance of sunspots on August 2; an August 4 flare kicks off high levels of activity until August 10.

1972


May 10

burial


Bremerton, Kitsap, Washington, USA ⇓
Buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery
1972 ZANLA troopers attack Altera Farm in north-east Rhodesia.

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