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Percy Leroy Perkins

Male 1910 - 1915  (5 years)


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   Date  Event(s)
1910 
  • 1910: Thomas Edison demonstrated the first talking motion picture.
  • 1910: Georges Claude displayed the first neon lamp to the public on December 11, 1910, in Paris.
  • 1910: George V. Ruler of England 1910-1936. House of Windsor (name adopted Jul 17, 1917): 2nd son of Edward VII, married Princess Mary of Teck. Accession, Jan 20, abdication, Dec 10.
1911 
  • 1911: Charles Franklin Kettering invents the first automobile electrical ignition system.
1912 
  • 1912: Motorized movie cameras invented, and replaced hand-cranked cameras.
  • 1912: The first tank patented by Australian inventor De La Mole.
  • 1912: Clarence Crane created Life Savers candy in 1912.
1913 
  • 1913: Woodrow Wilson president of the USA 1913-1921.
  • 1913: The crossword puzzle invented by Arthur Wynne.
  • 1913: The Merck Chemical Company patented, what is now known as, ecstasy.
  • 1913: Mary Phelps Jacob invents the bra.
  • 1913: Gideon Sundback invents the modern zipper.
1914 
  • 1914: World War I begins. Triple Alliance: Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary vs. Triple Entente: Britain, France, and Russia. The United States joined on the side of the Triple Entente in 1917.
  • 1914: Garrett A. Morgan invents the Morgan gas mask.
1915 
  • 1915: Eugene Sullivan and William Taylor co-invented Pyrex in New York City.