John Patrick McGinnis
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Parents
Arthur McGinnis Sr.
Arthur McGinnis Sr.
1853 - 1932
Mary Margaret Buckley
Mary Margaret Buckley
1863 - 1917
Spouse
Margarita Gretchen Gartner
Margarita G Gartner
1887 - 1969
Children
Siblings

Bread salesman in 1917, Bolter in shipyards in 1920, Barnman for street railway in 1930.

1888


Jan 8
Age: 25d
1888 • Frank Edward McGurrin, a court stenographer from Salt Lake City, Utah, purportedly the only person using touch typing at this time, wins a decisive victory over Louis Traub in a typing contest held in Cincinnati, Ohio. This date can be called the birthday of the touch typing method that is widely used now.

1900


Jun 8
Age: 12y

1916


Jul 18
Age: 28y

residence


Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓
Living at 321 19th Ave NE Seattle, Washington, USA
1916 • WWI – Eastern Front: Bucharest, the capital of Romania, is occupied by troops of the Central Powers.

1917


Age: 28y
1917 Georges Clemenceau becomes prime minister of France.

1920


Jan 7
Age: 32y
1920 Treaty of Moscow (1920): Soviet Russia recognizes independence of the Democratic Republic of Georgia only to invade the country six months later.

1940


Apr 9
Age: 52y
1940 President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt, addressing a joint session of the U.S. Congress, asks for an extraordinary credit of approximately $900 million to finance construction of at least 50,000 airplanes per year.

1961


Nov 16
Age: 73y

anniversary


Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓
50th Wedding Anniversary Celebration
1961 • The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed at New York.

1976


May 31
Age: 88y
1976 • The Early Academic Outreach Program (EAOP) is established by the University of California (UC) in response to the State Legislature's recommendation to expand post-secondary opportunities to all of California’s students including those who are first-generation, socioeconomically disadvantaged, and English-language learners.University of California EAOP, 2003 in Review. University of California, 2009-10 Budget for Current Operations Budget Detail, as Presented to the Regents for Approval.

1976


Jun

burial


Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓
Buried at Calvary Cemetery
1976 • The first known outbreak of Ebola virus occurs in Yambuku, Zaire.

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