Minnie Roberson (1895 - 1959)

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William Robert Gryder

Tiantris Charnae Roberson

Sarah Alice (Robinson) Crawford

Ann Margaret (Roberson) Mardis Family

Martha Jean King Roberson

Martha Jean King Roberson

Martha Jean King Roberson

Martha, Mattie & Shirley King

Nettie Mae (Butler) King

Susannah Beck Crist

James Argyle and Franklin Taylor Roberson

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In 1895, in the year that Minnie Roberson was born, on September 3rd, in Latrobe, PA, the first professional football game was played. The game was between the Latrobe YMCA and the Jeannette Athletic Club. Latrobe won 12 - 0.

In 1915, when she was 20 years old, the Germans first used poison gas as a weapon at the second Battle of Ypres during World War I. While noxious gases had been used since ancient times, this was the first use of poisonous gas - in this case, lethal chlorine gas - in modern war. Subsequently, the French and British - as well as the United States when they entered World War 1 - developed and used lethal gas in war.

In 1925, by the time she was 30 years old, on November 28th, radio station WSM broadcast the Grand Ole Opry for the first time. Originally airing as “The WSM Barn Dance”, the Opry (a local term for "opera") was dedicated to honoring country music and in its history has featured the biggest stars and acts in country music.

In 1943, she was 48 years old when on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.

In 1959, in the year of Minnie Roberson's passing, on August 8th, Hawaii became the 50th state of the United States. The US flag was changed to show 50 stars.