Family Matters By JLockhart1 Aug 11, 1926 Ruth (Evers) Wessels born- First "Black History Month" Aug 10, 1927 Carving begins at Mount Rushmore, South Dakota Carving begins at Mount Rushmore, South Dakota Jan 1, 1928 First U.S. air-conditioned office opens Oct 29, 1929 U.S. stock market crashed- start of Great Depression Mar 13, 1930 Pluto is discovered May 1, 1931 Empire State Building completed- tallest in the world Apr 14, 1935 The Dust Bowl Mar 1, 1936 Hoover Dam completed Sep 1, 1939 Hitler invades Poland- start of World War 2 Dec 7, 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor Aug 6, 1945 U.S. drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan Sep 2, 1945 Japan surrenders- end of WW2 Nov 17, 1947 Marries Earl Wessels Feb 28, 1949 First child Anne Wessels born May 17, 1950 Second child Steve born Jun 25, 1951 Color TV introduced Sep 22, 1952 Car seat belts introduced Aug 4, 1953 Third child Jerry born Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on the bus Aug 26, 1957 Fourth child June born Oct 1, 1958 N.A.S.A first starts Mar 4, 1961 Fifth child Janet born Aug 28, 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. gives "I Have a Dream" speech Nov 22, 1963 Assassination of John F. Kennedy Jan 20, 1964 First Beatles album released in America Feb 18, 1967 Last child Connie born Jul 21, 1969 United States's Apollo 11 first to land on moon Aug 15, 1969 Woodstock Mar 15, 1970 First Grandchild born- Michelle (Wessels) Lockhart May 3, 1973 Sears Tower, worlds tallest building completed Aug 16, 1977 Elvis Presley found dead May 18, 1980 Mt. St. Helens erupt's Jul 29, 1981 Millions watch as Lady Diana and Prince Charles marry Feb 7, 1984 Michael Jackson's Thriller recognized as best selling album Sep 3, 1985 Titanic wreck found Nov 9, 1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall Feb 26, 1993 World Trade Center bombed Aug 5, 1996 First Great Grandchild born- Jenni Lockhart Aug 31, 1997 Princess Diana dies in car crash Sep 11, 2001 Terrorist attack (9-11) Feb 1, 2003 Space shuttle Columbia explodes entering Earth's atmosphere Dec 26, 2004 Tsunami hits coast of Sumatra, Indonesia Aug 29, 2005 Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans Aug 1, 2007 Minneapolis interstate bridge collapses Nov 4, 2008 First African American president Jun 25, 2009 Michael Jackson found dead Jan 12, 2010 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti Jan 22, 2010 Million gallons of oil spilled in Gulf of Mexico May 10, 2011 Husband Earl Wessels dies of lung cancer Feb 11, 2012 Whitney Houston found dead
