♀ Jennie Linn Sims

1883 - 1970

Jennie Linn Sims
Spouse
Roy Blain Boyd
Roy Blain Boyd
1883 - 1942
Children

1883


Jul 30
1883 • The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires begins service in Roselle, New Jersey; it was installed by Thomas Edison.

1905


Aug
Age: 22y
Roy Blain Boyd Family - 1930 United States Federal Census

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Roy Blain Boyd
They married after they both turned 22 that year.
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1905 • The title Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is officially recognized by Edward VII.

1906


Aug 29
Age: 23y
1906 Persian Constitutional Revolution: a nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah to grant a constitution and establish a national assembly, the Majlis.
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1919


Age: 35y
1919 Cliftonhill Stadium in Coatbridge, Scotland, opens as the home of Albion Rovers F.C.. They lose the opening match 2–0 to St. Mirren.
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1922


Age: 38y
1922 • Radio station KGU begins broadcasting in Hawaii.

1940


Age: 56y
1940 • In Lascaux, France, 17,000-year-old cave paintings are discovered by a group of young Frenchmen hiking through Southern France. The paintings depict animals and date to the Stone Age.

1970


Sep 1
Age: 87y
1970 Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon announces that the United States will withdraw 40,000 more troops before Christmas.

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