♂ 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

1920


Jan 2
Age: 6y
1920 The New York Times ridicules the American rocket scientist Robert H. Goddard. The newspaper has to recant publicly on July 17, 1969 when the Apollo crew is on its mission to the Moon.

1930


Age: 16y
1930 • Sir Muhammad Iqbal's presidential address in Allahabad introduces the two nation theory, outlining a vision for the creation of Pakistan.

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.

1940


Jan 19
Age: 26y

1940


Apr 5
Age: 27y
1940 • WWII: Italian troops invade Greece, meeting strong resistance from Greek troops and civilians. This action signals the beginning of the Balkans Campaign.
before

1941


Mar 6
Age: 27y
1941 Thailand Prime Minister Plaek Phibunsongkhram decrees January 1 as the official start of the Thai solar calendar new year (thus the previous year that began April 1 had only 9 months).

1949


Feb 17
Age: 35y
1949 • U.S. President Harry S. Truman unveils his Fair Deal program.
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 • The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, Denver & Rio Grande Western, and Western Pacific railroads inaugurate the California Zephyr passenger train between Chicago and Oakland, California, as the first long distance train to feature Vista Dome cars as regular equipment.

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 Tollund Man is unearthed in Denmark.

1951


Feb 24
Age: 37y
1951 Second Red Scare: Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage. On April 5 they are sentenced to receive the death penalty.

1969


Jan
Age: 55y

residence


Shoreline, King, Washington, USA ⇓
Living at 19358 5th Ave, Shoreline, WA
1969 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (directed by George Roy Hill and starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford) opens to limited release in the U.S.
after

1988


Dec 3

burial


Lynnwood, Snohomish, Washington, USA ⇓
Buried at Floral Hills Cemetery in the Evergreen Garden
1988 • NASA scientist James Hansen testifies to the Senate that man-made global warming has begun.

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