Andrew & Blanche Orchard

Andrew Orchard

Period: Dec 30, 1883 to Jun 30, 1968

Long Depression 1873–96

Period: Dec 30, 1883 to Jul 18, 1896

Automobile is invented

Jul 18, 1885

Phonograph is invented

Jul 18, 1887

Blanche Orchard

Period: Aug 22, 1889 to Mar 11, 1959

North Dakota becomes a state

Nov 2, 1889

The Orchards bought a thresher

Sep 18, 1891

Radio is invented

Jul 18, 1895

Andrew's grandfather (William) dies

Jun 1, 1896

Spanish-American War

Jul 18, 1898

Theodore Roosevelt Presidency begins

Jul 18, 1901

Wright Brothers fly the Kitty Hawk

Jul 18, 1903

Andrew turns 18

Dec 30, 1903

Russian Revolution

Jul 18, 1905

Andrew's grandmother (Emma) dies

Dec 31, 1905

Ford Model T created

Jul 18, 1908

Andrew marries Blanche

Nov 18, 1909

Warren Orchard is born

Dec 15, 1910

Agnes Orchard is born

May 30, 1912

Margaret & Mathew Orchard are born

Jun 10, 1913

Andrew turns 30

Dec 30, 1913

Justus Orchard is born

Jun 2, 1915

Andrew's father (James) dies

Dec 13, 1915

Radio Tuners are invented

Jul 18, 1916

Ruth Orchard is born

Dec 5, 1916

US declares war on Germany (World War 1)

Jul 28, 1917

Mldred Orchard is born

Jun 17, 1918

Spanish Flu Epidemic

Jul 18, 1918

World War 1 ends

Nov 11, 1918

Automatic Pop-up Toaster invented

Jul 18, 1919

Mesmin Orchard is born

Dec 21, 1919

Depression of 1920

Period: Jan 1, 1920 to Jul 14, 1921

Post-WWI depression due to poor transition from war economy to peace-time economy.

Prohibition begins (1920-33)

Jul 18, 1920

Women's suffrage

Jul 18, 1920

Warren G. Harding becomes President

Mar 4, 1921

(1921-1923) Harding led America out of the Post-WWI Depression

Paul Orchard is born

Jun 14, 1921

First Injection of Insulin

Jan 11, 1922

Norman Orchard is born

Nov 13, 1922

Calvin Coolidge becomes President

Aug 2, 1923

(1923 to 1929) Coolidge was the President who propelled the roaring 20's.

Andrew turns 40

Dec 30, 1923

Bobby Orchard is born

Jun 8, 1924

Television is invented

Jul 18, 1926

Odelia Orchard is born

Sep 15, 1926

Charles Linbergh's Transatlantic Flight

Jul 18, 1927

Complete electronic TV system is invented

Jul 18, 1927

Penicillin invented

Jul 18, 1928

Family moved to Rohrville, ND

Jul 18, 1929

U.S. Stock Market Crash

Oct 29, 1929

Great Depression

Period: Oct 29, 1929 to Jul 18, 1936

FDR is elected as President

Jul 18, 1931

Andrew turns 50

Dec 30, 1933

first jet engine is built

Jul 18, 1937

World War 2 begins

Sep 1, 1939

Justus dies

Jun 5, 1940

Andrew's mother (Julia) dies

Jul 13, 1941

Family moves to Foxholm, ND

Jul 18, 1941

Mount Rushmore is created

Jul 18, 1941

Pearl Harbor attack

Dec 7, 1941

First mass produced helicopter is created

Jan 13, 1942

First American Jet

Oct 1, 1942

Andrew turns 60

Dec 30, 1943

D-Day

Jun 6, 1944

Atomic bomb is invented

Jul 18, 1945

FDR dies

Jul 18, 1945

microwave oven is invented

Jul 18, 1947

First credit card

Jan 1, 1950

Korean War begins

Jun 25, 1950

Transistor radio invented

Jul 18, 1953

American troops leave Korea

Jul 27, 1953

Andrew turns 70

Dec 30, 1953

First color tv

Feb 28, 1954

McDonalds is started

Jul 18, 1954

Retired to Seattle, WA

Jul 18, 1955

Alaska & Hawaii become states

Jan 3, 1959

Blanche dies of cancer

Mar 11, 1959

Internal pacemaker invented

Jul 18, 1959

Barbie Doll invented

Jul 18, 1959

First oral contraceptives hit the US market

Jul 1, 1961

Bay of Pigs

Jul 18, 1961

Audio cassette invented

Jul 18, 1962

Mildred dies in car accident

Feb 1, 1963

JFK is assassinated

Jul 18, 1963

Andrew turns 80

Dec 30, 1963

Vietnam War begins (1964-75)

Jul 18, 1964

First handheld calculator invented

Jul 18, 1967

Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated

Apr 4, 1968

Andrew dies

Jun 30, 1968