Grace Kline (1874 - 1969)

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George Van Kline

Laurel Eugene Kline Jr.

Laurel Eugene Kline Sr.

Russell and Donna (Kline) Hollar Gravesite

Donna Jean Kline

William and Lena Kline, Annie Cosloy

Samuel and Mary Jane (Kline) Bowers

Mary Jane (Kline) Bowers

Mary Jane (Kline) Bowers

Mary Jane (Kline) Bowers

Anna (Kline) Moore Harmon, 1909 Iowa

Violet Josephine Kline

Mary Louisa and James D Kline

Dort Kline

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In 1874, in the year that Grace Kline was born, on May 20th, Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis were approved for a patent for "blue jeans with copper rivets". They charged $13.50 per dozen jeans. Although the term "jeans" was first used in 1795 - in Italy - using rivets to reinforce stress points in jeans such as pockets and the bottom of the fly was an original idea..

In 1884, Grace was only 10 years old when on December 6th, the Washington Monument was completed. Building began in 1848 but was stopped because of lack of funds and also due to the Civil War. It would be dedicated in 1885. At the time of its completion, it was the tallest structure in the world.

In 1911, by the time she was 37 years old, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole, along with four fellow Norwegian explorers. After hearing that Peary had beaten him to the North Pole, Amundsen decided to tackle the South Pole. On December 14th, he succeeded.

In 1946, Grace was 72 years old when pediatrician Dr. Benjamin Spock's book "The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care" was published. It sold half a million copies in the first six months. Aside from the Bible, it became the best selling book of the 20th century. A generation of Baby Boomers were raised by the advice of Dr. Spock.

In 1969, in the year of Grace Kline's passing, on July 20th, the first men walked on the moon. Apollo 11 astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. both walked on the moon but it was Armstrong who first stepped on the moon. They fulfilled the promise of President Kennedy's commitment in 1961 to put a man on the moon before the end of the decade.