William Stanley Johnson
Parents
Jacob C Johnson
Jacob C Johnson
1854 - 1889
Nancy J Bourn
Nancy J Bourn
1857 - 1947
Spouse
Genevieve Stanford
Genevieve Stanford
1884 - 1980
Children

1907


Age: 27y

residence


Spokane, Washington, USA ⇓
William and Genevieve are living at 427 West Shannon Avenue in Spokane.
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1907 Henri Matisse begins to teach at the Académie Matisse in Paris, a private and non-commercial art school.

1907


Oct 15
Age: 28y
1907 • The partially completed superstructure of the Quebec Bridge collapses entirely, claiming the lives of 76 workers.

1909


Feb 14
Age: 29y

1910


Age: 30y
1910 Vajiravudh (Rama VI) is crowned King of Siam, after the death of his father, King Chulalongkorn (Rama V).

1930


Age: 50y
1930 Mahatma Gandhi sets off on a 200-mile protest march towards the sea with 78 followers to protest at the British monopoly on salt; more will join them during the Salt March that ends on April 5.

1940


Age: 60y
1940 Plutonium is first synthesized in the laboratory by a team led by Glenn T. Seaborg and Edwin McMillan at the University of California, Berkeley.

1942


Age: 62y

residence


Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓
William is living at 9703 35th Ave in Seattle.
His son Lee Stanley Johnson is living a couple houses away at 9709 35th Ave.
1942 Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, signs Executive Order 9102, creating the War Relocation Authority (WRA), which becomes responsible for the internment of Americans of Japanese and, to a lesser extent, German and Italian descent, many of them legal citizens.

1942


Age: 62y
1942 • The completion of the Alaska Highway (also known as the Alcan Highway) is celebrated (however, the "highway" is not usable by general vehicles until 1943).

1942


Aug 30
Age: 63y
1942 • A general strike is launched in Luxembourg to protest against forced conscription.

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