Myra Smith (1946 - 1986)

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James Smith

Schlimgen Cross from Germany. Back side pic 2 of 2.

Schlimgen Cross from Germany. Front Side 1 of 2.

James DeVERE Smith

Agnes Schlimgen

Agnes Schlimgen

Agnes Schlimgen. Barbara Schlimgen.

Nora Lee (Bruseth) Smith

George Welch Smith III

George Welch Smith III

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Florence Smith

Sandra Elaine (Smith) Stoddert

Tyeron D Smith

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In 1946, in the year that Myra Smith was born, 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 1956, when she was merely 10 years old, on May 20th, the U.S. tested the first hydrogen bomb dropped from a plane over Bikini Atoll. Previously, hydrogen bombs had only been tested on the ground. The Atomic Age moved forward.

In 1969, by the time she was 23 years old, one hundred countries, along with the United States and the Soviet Union signed the nuclear nonproliferation treaty (NPT). It called for stopping the spread of nuclear weapons, the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and the goal of nuclear disarmament.

In 1978, when she was 32 years old, 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 1986, in the year of Myra Smith's passing, on January 28th, the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after launch. All seven crew members died. The cause of the explosion was later found to be a failed O-ring. The O-ring failure was due to the unusually cold conditions at Cape Canaveral.