Vesta Helen Johnson
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Parents
Walter Arthur Johnson
Walter Arthur Johnson
1867 - 1929
Mary Ellen Gristy
Mary Ellen Gristy
1868 - 1904
Spouse
Dewey John Fry
Dewey John Fry
1895 - 1954
Siblings

1920


Age: 19y
1920 The New York Times ridicules the American rocket scientist Robert H. Goddard. The newspaper has to recant publicly on July 17, 1969 when the Apollo crew is on its mission to the Moon.

1922


Feb 22
Age: 21y
1922 • In the United Kingdom general election forced by the Conservatives' withdrawal from the coalition government, the Conservative Party wins an overall majority. (The 1922 Committee, popularly believed to take its name from this occasion, is not founded until the following year.)

1994


Age: 93y
1994 • The population of Nigeria exceeds 100 million making the republic the first African nation to have a population above 100 million.

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