Ethel M Tasker (1907 - 1995)

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William Tasker; Swansea, Wales

Connie Tasker Benning

Connie Tasker Benning

Ethel Rosina Tasker. 1909-1993

Constance Tasker & George Benning, 1929 marriage license

Connie Tasker d'Albert & Daniel Pinna

Connie Tasker d'Albert and Daniel Pinna

Mary Ann (Jones) Tasker Birthplace

William Tasker

Nettie Mae Tasker Mills and Roy Alvin Mills

Connie Tasker Benning & daughter, Seattle, WA 1931

Connie Tasker D'albert & Ethel Tasker Allen

Nancy Allen & Connie Tasker

Eileen Constance 'Connie' Tasker D'Albert

Mary Ann Tasker, Heine & Connie Barrett, Long Beach, CA

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In 1907, in the year that Ethel M Tasker was born, radiometric dating, a recently discovered technology that could date rocks, found that the earth was 2.2 billion years old which was dramatically older than previously thought. Later refinements and advancements in science would date the age of the earth at over 4.5 billion years.

In 1945, she was 38 years old when on August 6th, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. On August 9th, an atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. At least 129,000 people were killed in the two bombings and they still remain the only use of atomic bombs in war. An invasion on mainland Japan had been planned but President Truman ordered the bombs dropped instead.

In 1968, when she was 61 years old, on April 4th, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the civil rights leader, was shot and killed by an assassin in Memphis. James Earl Ray was apprehended and plead guilty to shooting Dr. King. Ray died in jail in 1998.

In 1985, when she was 78 years old, on March 7th, the song "We Are the World" was released as a charity effort to alleviate the African famine. The song was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, and produced by Quincy Jones. They were joined by 37 other famous singers in the recording studio and a phenomena had begun

In 1995, in the year of Ethel M Tasker's passing, on September 3rd, eBay was founded in San Jose California. Beginning as simply a place for Pierre Omidyar's girlfriend (now wife) to share her Pez passion and collection online, the site has become a multibillion-dollar business and operates in 30 countries.