Rita Gretchen McGinnis
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Parents
John Patrick McGinnis
John Patrick McGinnis
1887 - 1976
Margarita Gretchen Gartner
Margarita G Gartner
1887 - 1969
Spouse
Wilbur A Elslip
Wilbur A Elslip
1915 - 1995
Siblings

1919


Jan 11

1920


Jan 7
Age: 11m
1920 • The first domestic radio sets come to stores in the United States; a Westinghouse radio costs $10.

1930


Age: 10y
1930 • In London, inventor Harry Grindell Matthews demonstrates his device to project pictures on the clouds.

1947


Feb 15
Age: 28y
1947 • After being shut down on November 9, 1946, for a refurbishment, the ENIAC computer, the world's first electronic digital computer, is turned back on again. It next remains in continuous operation until October 2, 1955.

1950


Jan 18
Age: 31y
1950 Robert Schuman presents his proposal for the creation of a pan-European organisation, which he believes to be indispensable to the maintenance of permanently peaceful relations between the different nations of the continent. This proposal, known as the "Schuman declaration", is considered to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union.

1981


Oct 1
Age: 62y
1981 Pepsi enters China.http://www.pepsico.com/Download/GCR_Sustainability_Report_EN_Final.pdf

2005


Oct

burial


Shoreline, King, Washington, USA ⇓
Buried at Holyrood Cemetery
2005 • Protesters and Israeli forces clash in Bil'in.

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