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

1920


Nov 30
Age: 25y

1922


Age: 26y

birth of child


Wesley Thornton
1922 • The flu epidemic has claimed 804 victims in Britain.

1926


Age: 30y
1926 • The Rifkabyl rebels surrender in Morocco.

1927


Age: 31y
1927 November 4 – Floods devastating Vermont cause the "worst natural disaster in the state's history".[http://www.erh.noaa.gov/btv/events/27flood.shtml]

1930


Age: 34y
1930 Great Depression: President Herbert Hoover goes before the United States Congress to ask for a $150 million public works program to help create jobs and to stimulate the American economy.

1930


Apr 10
Age: 34y

1987


Feb 19
Age: 91y
1987 South African Airways Flight 295 crashes into the Indian ocean off Mauritius, due to a fire in the cargo hold; the 159 passengers and crew perish.

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