♂ Robert Marshal Thornton

1924 - 2002

 

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Robert Marshal Thornton
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Parents
John Thomas Thornton
John Thomas Thornton
1895 - 1987
Winnie Alice Shelton
Winnie Alice Shelton
1900 - 1993
Spouse
Theresa Olieta King
Theresa Olieta King
1918 - 2002
Siblings

1930


Apr 10
Age: 5y
1930 • The television station W1XAV in Boston, Massachusetts, broadcasts video and audio from the radio orchestra program The Fox Trappers. This broadcast also includes the first television commercial in the United States, an advertisement for the I. J. Fox Furriers company which sponsored the telecast.

1944


Aug 4
Age: 20y
1944 December 13 – WWII: British units attempt to take the hilltop town of Tossignano, but are repulsed.

1954


Jul 1
Age: 30y

birth of child


Marsha L Thornton
1954 • Gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus) are brought to the United States by Dr. Victor Schwentker.

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