Robert Hughes (1897 - 1968)

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Rosalie Cotich Hughes

Added: Dec 09, 2019

Rosalie Cotich Hughes

Added: Dec 09, 2019

Rosalie Cotich Hughes

Added: Dec 09, 2019

Rosalie Cotich Hughes, 1930s

Added: Dec 09, 2019

Edward Francis Hughes

Added: Nov 04, 2019

Edward Francis Hughes

Added: Nov 04, 2019

Four Generations

Added: Aug 14, 2019

Baby Boy Hughes

Added: Jan 06, 2019

Eva Faye Douglas McCcoy

Added: Aug 15, 2018

Eldred Eugene Hughes

Added: Mar 24, 2018

Eldred Eugene Hughes

Added: Mar 24, 2018

Lester Hughes Sr relatives

Added: Mar 17, 2018

Florence Hughes- Wasler

Added: Mar 06, 2018

Frederick Leonard Hughes

Added: Jan 14, 2018

Cecile Hughes

Added: Jan 01, 2017

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In 1897, in the year that Robert Hughes was born, in the January 22nd issue of "Engineering", the word "computer" was first used to refer to a mechanical calculation device. Previously - since the 17th century - the term computer meant "one who computes" and referred to human beings who worked with numbers.

In 1912, he was just 15 years old when in October, former President Theodore Roosevelt was shot, but not killed, while campaigning for another term as President with the newly created Bull Moose (Progressive) Party. John Schrank was a Bavarian-born saloon-keeper from New York who had been stalking Roosevelt when he shot him just before a campaign speech. Shot in the chest (and showing the audience his bloody shirt), Roosevelt went on to give a 55 to 90 minute talk (reports vary on the length) before being treated for the injury. After 8 days in the hospital, Roosevelt went back on the campaign trail.

In 1946, by the time he was 49 years old, 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 1954, Robert was 57 years old when from April 22 through June 17th, the Army v. McCarthy hearings were held. The U.S. Army accused Roy Cohn (chief counsel to Senator McCarthy and later trusted mentor of Donald Trump) of blackmail. McCarthy and Cohn accused the U.S. Army of harboring communists. The Army allegations were found to be true. The U.S. Senate later censured McCarthy.

In 1968, in the year of Robert Hughes's passing, on April 4th, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the civil rights leader, was shot and killed by an assassin in Memphis. James Earl Ray was apprehended and plead guilty to shooting Dr. King. Ray died in jail in 1998.