Clarence Eugene Carrera (1916 - 1971)

Clarence's immediate relatives including parents, siblings, partnerships and children in the Carrera family tree.

Clarence's Family

Add a parent

Add a parent

Clarence Eugene Carrera Add a partner Add a child Add a partner Add a child

Add a sibling

Photos and snapshots taken of Clarence Eugene Carrera, his Carrera family, and locations and places or events from his life.

Nicholas Stanley Carrera & sons

Add a photo

What do you remember about Clarence Eugene Carrera? Share your memories of special moments and stories you have heard about him. Or just leave a comment to show the world that Clarence is remembered.

• View Profile
• View Favorites
• Send Message

Post

Refresh this page to see various historical events that occurred during Clarence's lifetime

In 1916, in the year that Clarence Eugene Carrera was born, in June, the U.S. Congress authorized a plan to expand the armed forces over the next five years. Called the National Defense Act of 1916, the national law expanded the National Guard and Army (the Army added an aviation unit), created the Reserves, and gave the President expanded authority to federalize the National Guard. It also allowed the government to stockpile, in advance, materiel to be used in wartime.

In 1921, at the age of only 5 years old, Clarence was alive when the silent film The Sheik, directed by George Melford and starring Rudolph Valentino and Agnes Ayres (also featuring Adolphe Menjou) debuted on October 21st. Critics weren't enthusiastic but the public loved it - in the first few weeks 125,000 people had seen the movie - and it eventually exceeded $1 million in ticket sales. And Rudolph Valentino, an Italian American, became the heartthrob of a female generation.

In 1951, by the time he was 35 years old, on June 25th, CBS began broadcasting in color. There were well over 10 million televisions by that time. The first show in color was a musical variety special titled "Premiere". Hardly anyone had a color TV that could see the show.

In 1960, when he was 44 years old, on May 1st, an American CIA U-2 spy plane, piloted by Francis Gary Powers, was shot down by a surface-to-air missile over the Soviet Union. Powers ejected and survived but was captured. The U.S. claimed that the U-2 was a "weather plane" but Powers was convicted in the Soviet Union of espionage. He was released in 1962 after 1 year, 9 months and 10 days in prison.

In 1971, in the year of Clarence Eugene Carrera's passing, in March, Intel shipped the first microprocessor to Busicom, a Japanese manufacturer of calculators. The microprocessor has since allowed computers to become smaller and faster, leading to smaller and more versatile handheld devices, home computers, and supercomputers.