John Thomas Thornton
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Parents
Ida May Shepherd
Ida May Shepherd
1865 - 1902
Spouse
Winnie Alice Shelton
Winnie Alice Shelton
1900 - 1993
Children
Siblings

1917


Jun 5
Age: 21y
1917 • German saboteurs set off the Kingsland Explosion at Kingsland, NJ (now Lyndhurst, NJ), one of the events leading to U.S. involvement in WWI.

1920


Nov 30
Age: 25y
1920 • Thousands of unemployed demonstrate in London; 50 are injured.

1922


Age: 26y

birth of child


Wesley Thornton
1922 • The California grizzly bear becomes extinct.

1926


Age: 30y
1926 UK General Strike 1926: In the United Kingdom, a general strike by trade unions ends (the strike began on May 3).

1927


Age: 31y
1927 Yugoslavia severs diplomatic relations with Albania.

1930


Age: 34y

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