James H Billings (1942 - 2005)

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Warren Lewis & Agnes Patterson

Edward Pegram & Agnes Billings

Agnes Lounette Billings

Agnes Lounette Patterson

Agnes Lounette (Patterson) Billings

Agnes Lounette Billings

Agnes Lounette (Patterson) Billings

Daniel Billings Jr.

Pvt. William and Sarah McStotts

Lecye Louise Garrett Billings

Caitlin & Tracy (Billings) Kimball

Caitlin Elizabeth Kimball

Alice and Robert Billings

Robert Samuel Billings

Alice Louise Billings

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In 1942, in the year that James H Billings was born, on November 28th at 10:15p, a nightclub in Boston, the Cocoanut Grove, caught fire. The origins of the fire are unknown but it killed 492 people - the deadliest nightclub fire in U.S. history. Hundreds more were injured. The disaster was so shocking that it replaced World War II in the headlines and lead to reforms in safety standards and codes.

In 1950, he was just 8 years old when on June 25th, the Korean War began when North Korean Communist forces crossed the 38th parallel. The Soviet Union and China backed North Korea and the U.N., primarily the United States backed South Korea.

In 1962, by the time he was 20 years old, on February 20th, Lt. Col. John H. Glenn, Jr. became the first American to orbit the Earth. The Friendship 7 flew three times around the earth in 4 hours and 55 minutes. At age 77, Glenn returned to space - the oldest person to fly in space.

In 1979, James was 37 years old when on November 4th, Iranian militant students seized the US embassy in Teheran and held 52 American citizens and diplomats hostage for 444 days. They were released at the end of the inauguration speech of the newly elected Ronald Reagan.

In 1985, James was 43 years old when on March 15th, the first internet domain name was registered - Symbolics.com. Symbolics, Inc., a spinoff of the MIT AI Lab, was a computer manufacturer headquartered in Massachusetts. The company no longer exists and the domain name was sold 25 years later.