Pre-1980

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This page covers events in the CWChronology occurring before 1980.

Timeline

Pre-1900

• c. 1499/1500 – 19 July 1543 - The life of Mary Boleyn, Chris's alleged ancestor.
• c. 1501/07 – 19 May 1536 - The life of Anne Boleyn, Chris's alleged ancestor.
• 1 March 1577 – 13 March 1634/35 - life of Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland, Chris's alleged ancestor.
• 1620 - The Mayflower sails, allegedly with Daniel Weston aboard.
• 1732 - Foundation of Ruckersville.
• 1762 - Foundation of Charlottesville.
• 1776 - Declaration of Independence.
• 1838 - The Trail of Tears.
• 3 October 1896 - Joseph Otto Weston, Barbara's father, is born.

1900s

• 8 February 1906 - Birth of Robert Franklin Chandler Sr., Bob's father.
• 28 March 1906 - Birth of Jean Holloman, Bob's mother.

1910s

• 15 December 1911 - Barbara's mother, Carrie Edna Wynn, is born.
• 18 July 1913 - Birth of Red Skelton.

1920s

• 1926 - Barbara's parents, Joseph Otto Weston and Carrie Edna Wynn, marry.
• 4 September 1927 - Birth of Bob Chandler.
• 22 July 1928 - Birth of Jimmy Hill.

1930s

• 1935 - Bob begins collecting stamps.
• 26 January 1936 - Birth of Aunt Corrina.

1940s

• 1 October 1941 - Birth of Barbara Chandler.
• 28 October 1942 - Birth of Thomas Eugene Ashby, husband of Barbara's sister, Harriett Ashby.
• Spring 1945 - Bob graduates from Sylacauga High School in Sylacauga, AL.
• 10 May 1945 - Death of Jean Holloman, Bob's mother.
• Fall 1945 - Spring 1946 - Bob attends his freshman year at Auburn University according to the Auburn University 1946 yearbook. He majors in Aeronautical Engineering.
• 14 June 1946 - Birth of Donald Trump.
• 6 July 1946 - Birth of George W. Bush.
• 18 July 1946 - Bob is drafted into the U.S. Army and is stationed in Korea with the Signal Corps.
• 9 January 1947 - Harriett Ashby, Barb's sister, is born.
• April 1948 - Bob is discharged from the Army after a 21-month tour of duty.
• Fall 1948 - Bob enters Jacksonville State Teachers College in Jacksonville, Alabama in order to study Pre-Engineering.
• 1949 - The Lego Group first begins manufacturing its titular brand of building blocks.

1950s

• Around this time - Barbara loses her virginity.
• Fall 1950 - Bob returns to Auburn University in order to study Electrical Engineering.
• Spring 1952 - Bob graduates from Auburn University with a degree in Electrical Engineering.
• 16 November 1952 - Birth of Shigeru Miyamoto
• 1954/1955 - Bob loses his virginity.
• 25 March 1955 - Bob and John H. Judd Jr. file a patent for an electrical terminal block.
• 8 April 1955 - Barb's father, Joseph Otto Weston, is killed while hauling wood along a rural road near Red Oak, Virginia. He fell off his horse drawn wagon, was run over by one of its rear wheels, and died of a broken neck. His body was discovered after his horse and wagon arrived without their driver at a service station.
• 1956 - Birth of Michael Snyder.
• 1957 - Birth of Matthew Devoria, father of Kacey.
• 20 July 1958 - Birth of BILLY MAYS.
• 28 April 1959 - Bob and John's patent for an electrical terminal block is published.

1960s

• 1960 - Barb graduates from Randolph-Henry High School.
• 2 March 1960 - Birth of Kenneth Erwin Englehardt.
• 17 November 1960 - Birth of Takashi Tezuka.
• 1961 - Ran Coleman Yeatts, Cole's biological father, graduates from Wake Forest University.
• 25 March 1961 - Birth of Reggie Fils-Aimé.
• 16 June 1961 - Barbara marries Ran Coleman Yeatts.
• 4 August 1961 - Birth of Barack Obama.
• 28 November 1962 - Birth of David Chandler.
• 24 July 1963 - Birth of Cole Smithey.
• 1964 - Jack Dale Smithey, the man who Barbara said was Cole's father, disappears after living in Richmond for at least a year.
• 16 April 1964 - Birth of Michael Hirtes.
• 29 May 1964 - Harriett Weston marries Thomas Eugene Ashby.
• 27 August 1964 - Walt Disney Pictures releases Mary Poppins.
• 1 December 1966 - Bob files a patent for a vehicle logging system.
• 23 August 1967 - Carrie Edna Wynn, Barbara's mother, dies.
• 7 July 1969 - Birth of Carol Chandler.
• 4 December 1969 - Birth of Jay Z.
• 23 December 1969 - Bob's patent for a vehicle logging system is published.

1970s

• 1972 - Piedmont Virginia Community College chartered.
• 26 December 1973 - Bob files a patent for a "Shot volume and cushion point control for injection molding apparatus."
• 17 June 1975 - Bob's patent for a "Shot volume and cushion point control for injection molding apparatus" is published.
• 4 July 1976 - Birth of Clyde Cash.
• Late 1970s - Bob works as a sing-along leader at Matt's British Pub in Shockoe Slip, Richmond, Virginia.
• 1977 - 14 Branchland Court is built.
• 27 December 1977 - Death of Robert Franklin Chandler Sr., Bob's father.
• 1979 - Bob and Barbara meet during a karaoke night at a local bar. Barbara watches Bob sing and is smitten by him.
• 14 December 1979 - Birth of Joseph Herring.