♂ John Marcellus Ford

1872 - 1947

 

Sr, Doc

John Marcellus Ford
Spouse
Emma Lela Frazier
Emma Lela Frazier
1871 - 1962
Children
Madeline Ella Ford
Madeline Ella Ford
1910 - 1997

1872


Jan 22
1872 • In the aftermath of the Paraguayan War, the new government of Paraguay makes peace with Brazil, grants reparations and territorial concessions.

1910


Mar 31
Age: 38y
1910 • The first air flight for the purpose of delivering commercial freight takes place in the United States of America. The flight, made by Wright Brothers pilot Philip Parmalee between Dayton, Ohio and Columbus, Ohio.

1947


Mar 6
Age: 75y
1947 Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft, the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101 day, 4,300 mile, voyage across the Eastern Pacific Ocean, proving that pre-historic peoples could hypothetically have traveled to the Central Pacific islands from South America.

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