1936 Iowa Blizzard By droth Feb 9, 1911 I was born to Everett Cummings Morris and Mabel Esther Hathaway in West Branch, Iowa Jul 28, 1914 World War I begins http://www.firstworldwar.com/ Nov 11, 1918 World War I ends http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/world-war-i-ends Oct 29, 1929 Great Depression begins Black Tuesday Stock Market Crash Feb 20, 1931 Married in the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa Oct 24, 1932 First daughter Janet born Jun 2, 1934 Second daughter, Margaret (Peg) born Feb 8, 1936 1936 Blizzard Iowa History Nov 28, 1937 Son Robert (Bob) born Nov 1, 1938 Match of the Century: Seabiscuit v. War Admiral Sep 1, 1939 Navis invade Poland Nazis invade Danzig, Poland Dec 7, 1941 Japs bomb Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor bombed Jul 15, 1943 Daughter Mary born Aug 14, 1945 WWII ends Jun 25, 1950 Korean War begins Jun 27, 1953 Korean War ends Apr 12, 1955 Polio vaccine introduced Nov 1, 1955 American forces enter Vietnam Feb 7, 1959 Mother, Mabel, passes away Nov 22, 1963 President John F. Kennedy assassinated Apr 4, 1968 Martin Luther King. Jr. assassinated Jun 5, 1968 Senator Robert F. Kennedy assassinated Apr 30, 1975 Fall of Saigon, end of Vienam War Jan 20, 1980 America boycotts Summer Olympics Feb 22, 1980 Miracle on Ice: American hockey team defeat the Soviets at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York Jul 8, 1980 Father, Everett, passes away Aug 2, 1990 Persian Guld War Jan 17, 1991 Operation Desert Storm Aug 14, 1993 Husband passes away Sep 11, 2001 Bombing of the Twin Towers in New York City Mar 20, 2003 Second Gulf War Nov 21, 2005 I pass away
