Virginia Inez Sykes

By taharrell

  • Virginia Inez Sykes is born in Greensboro, North Carolina

    The Supreme Court unanimously denied to challenge the 19th amendment, which gave women the right to vote.
  • She stops attending school after the 6th grade so she could help her mother with her 9 siblings

    She stops attending school after the 6th grade so she could help her mother with her 9 siblings

    The purge known as the Night of the Long Knives began in Nazi Germany. Hitler ordered the assassination of approximately 100 people he believed were liable to act against him.

  • Marries her first husband, Joe Mchargue

    The Bataan Death March began in which 60,000–80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war were forcibly marched 97 miles to Camp O'Donnell.

  • Her first born brother is hit by a car and killed

    Bombing of Mandalay: The Burmese capital of Mandalay suffered a devastating air raid when the Japanese dropped incendiary bombs that created a firestorm killing about 2,000 civilians.

  • She has her only child and my Grandmother, Jodie Ann Machargue

    Flooding of the Mississippi River left 23 dead and an estimated 22,000 homeless.

  • Virginia divorces her first husband after 10 years of marriage

    Puerto Rico approves its 1st self-written constitution

  • Her first, and only, grandchild is born (my mother), Debbie Lynn Maddrey

    The 23rd Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain) bicycle race began. It would be won by Felice Gimondi on May 12 after he was the leader at the completion of the 18 stages of the 3,014 kilometres (1,873 mi) race.
  • Marries her second husband, John Henry Sykes

    Marries her second husband, John Henry Sykes

    Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati opens.

  • Virginia moves to Maine with her husband because he is stationed there as an engineer for NOAA

    The U.S. ends its trade embargo of China.

  • John Henry Sykes dies of a heart attack

    USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

  • Her first Great-Grandchild, Ashton Lee Harrell II, is born

    Lisa Clayton completes her 10-month solo circumnavigation from the Northern Hemisphere.

  • Her second Great-Grandchild, Tori Alexa Harrell, is born

    Austral Airlines DC-9-32 crashes and explodes near Nuevo Berlin, Uruguay, killing 74

  • Virginia Inez Sykes passes away in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina at the age of 89

    Tomb of a 700 year old female mummy, discovered by road workers, opened in Taizhou, Jiangsu, China