Verona Kathryn Frances Johnson
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Parents
Fred Marcus Johnson
Fred Marcus Johnson
1874 - 1950
Edna D Wiegner
Edna D Wiegner
1878 - 1957
Spouse
Harry Erwin Gates
Harry Erwin Gates
1901 - 1971
Siblings
Willa Mae Johnson
Willa Mae Johnson
1905 - 1981

1920


Age: 18y

1923


Oct 20
Age: 22y
1923 Vladimir K. Zworykin files his first patent (in the United States) for "television systems".

1930


Age: 28y
1930 • While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh confirms the existence of Pluto, a Celestial Body considered a planet until redefined as a dwarf planet in 2006.

1937


Feb 19
Age: 35y

1972


May 5
Age: 71y
1972 • The last draft lottery is held, a watershed event in the wind-down of military conscription in the United States during the Vietnam era. These draft candidates are never called to duty.

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