Dorothy (Chepley) Roe (born 1926)

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Dorothy (Chepley) Roe & Robert C. Roe

April 14, 1984 Harris County, TX

Dorothy (Chepley) Roe

Robert C. Roe

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Robert C. Roe

c. 1920 - Unknown

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Merle Peterson 1942 CA Seniors at Fresno Tech

Christmas Operetta Presentation

Garrison School class, 1968-69, gr 4/5, named

Flora E. Roe

Flora Roe 1874

Selim and Helen

Is this my brother?

'With Love'

'Your future wife'

Unknown Roe or Rogers?

Mary Jane Atkins & Maude Roe Atkins

Dean Atkins & Maude Roe Atkins

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In 1926, in the year that Dorothy (Chepley) Roe was born, on November 15th, NBC was founded. It was the U.S.'s first major broadcast network. Ownership of the network was split between RCA (a majority partner at 50%), its founding corporate parent General Electric (which owned 30%), and Westinghouse (which owned the remaining 20%).

In 1936, on November 2nd, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) debuted the world's first regular high-definition television service. The channel had a short schedule - Monday through Saturday, 3:00p to 4:00p and 9:00p to 10:00p. The first broadcast was "Opening of the BBC Television Service".

In 1978, on July 25th, Louise Brown, the first "test-tube baby", was born at Oldham Hospital in London. Louise was conceived through IVF (in vitro fertilization), a controversial and experimental procedure at the time.

In 1988, on December 16th, 1988 the popular film Rain Man was released. Featuring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise. this film brought attention to autistic savants and was based on the "megasavant" Laurence Kim Peek. The film would later go to win four Oscars including Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Director and Best Actor in a Leading Role.

In 1999, the fear that Y2K (year 2000) would cause the failure of computers worldwide when clocks didn't properly update to January 1st, 2000 became near panic. While some computer systems and software did have problems, the panic was unfounded and computer life went on.