Oliver Christopher (1907 - 1990)

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Brother and sister

Added: May 17, 2020

Eliza Jane (Christopher) Smith

Added: Feb 12, 2019

Christmas postcard

Added: Apr 15, 2018

Tower of Jewels

Added: Apr 15, 2018

Festival Hall

Added: Apr 15, 2018

Unknown lady

Added: Apr 15, 2018

Tom Christopher and Betty Brown

Added: Apr 14, 2018

Joan Christopher and Linda Townsend

Added: Jan 26, 2017

Goldie Shauf

Added: Jan 02, 2017

Mort Sisters

Added: Dec 15, 2016

Thomas William Christopher

Added: Oct 04, 2016

Mort family

Added: Sep 19, 2016

Phillip P. Christopher

Added: Dec 11, 2015

Sarah "Sallie" Christopher

Added: Dec 09, 2015

Mary (McCreless) & Slack Christopher

Added: Nov 03, 2014

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In 1907, in the year that Oliver Christopher was born, the Monongah coal mining disaster occurred on December 6th, happening at the Fairmont Coal Company’s No. 6 and No. 8 mines.. Over 361 miners were killed. Because there was no breathing apparatus at the time to help rescuers, recovery efforts were greatly hampered. It is considered the worst mining disaster in American history and led to government oversight in mining practices.

In 1911, Oliver was just 4 years old when the Triangle Shirtwaist fire occurred, one of the deadliest industrial disasters in U.S. history. 146 workers (123 women and 23 men, many of them recent Jewish and Italian immigrants) died from the fire or by jumping to escape the fire and smoke. The garment factory was on the 8th, 9th, and 10th floors of a building in Greenwich Village in Manhattan. Doors to stairwells and exits had been locked in order to prevent workers from taking unauthorized breaks and to prevent theft, so they couldn't escape by normal means when the fire broke out. Due to the disaster, legislation was passed to protect sweatshop workers.

In 1965, when he was 58 years old, on March 8th, the first US combat troops arrived in Vietnam. The 3500 Marines joined 23,000 "advisors" already in South Vietnam. By the end of the year, 190,000 American soldiers were in the country.

In 1986, when he was 79 years old, 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.

In 1990, in the year of Oliver Christopher's passing, on April 24th, the Hubble telescope was launched into space after long delays due to the Challenger explosion. An optical flaw was found within weeks of launch but was fixed within three years. The discoveries made possible by the Hubble have contributed to scientists' understanding of the universe.