Robert Norman Allan (1881 - 1950)

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Elizabeth Jane (Vincent) Allan

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Robert Norman Allan

James Allan

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Elizabeth Jane (Vincent) Allan

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James Allan

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Henry Lowndes Allan, Texas

Duncan Allan, Canada

Gilbert Abearian, 1942 Seniors from Fresno

Kunger or Allan Mystery Children, Back

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In 1881, in the year that Robert Norman Allan was born, on March 4th, James A. Garfield became the 20th President of the United States. On July 2nd, he was shot by Charles Guiteau, a lawyer, in Washington, D.C. The wound became infected and Garfield died on September 19. Vice President Chester A. Arthur immediately became the 21st President.

In 1894, at the age of just 13 years old, Robert was alive when on April 21st, a coal miners' strike closed mines throughout the central United States. The Panic of 1893, and the resulting depression, hit coal miners hard and the miners only struck for 8 weeks - they couldn't afford to live without their wages any longer.

In 1915, at the age of 34 years old, Robert was alive when in April, the Ottoman Empire rounded up, arrested, and deported 235 to 270 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Turkey. As their actions continued through the next several years, an estimated 600,000 to 1 million Armenians were killed by Turkish soldiers.

In 1926, when he was 45 years old, on November 15th, NBC was founded. It was the U.S.'s first major broadcast network. Ownership of the network was split between RCA (a majority partner at 50%), its founding corporate parent General Electric (which owned 30%), and Westinghouse (which owned the remaining 20%).

In 1950, in the year of Robert Norman Allan's passing, 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.