Ruth E Foster (1903 - 1995)

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Carolyn Sue Foster

Added: Feb 14, 2020

Irene May Inez (Foster) Johnson Family

Added: Jan 12, 2020

Irene May Inez (Foster) Johnson

Added: Jan 12, 2020

Dwayne E. Foster

Added: Jun 06, 2019

The Lindsey Family, 1923

Added: Mar 19, 2019

Bedford Foster Registration Card

Added: Aug 23, 2018

Anni Foster

Added: Aug 11, 2018

Delma Sue Jenkins - Foster-Casey

Added: Feb 28, 2018

Joseph and Delma Sue Foster

Added: Feb 28, 2018

Florence Edna (Duvall) Buchanan-Foster

Added: Feb 23, 2018

Paul Leon Foster

Added: Feb 23, 2018

Wesley Carl Foster

Added: Feb 23, 2018

Wesley Carl Foster

Added: Feb 23, 2018

William T. Foster

Added: Feb 23, 2018

Susan Caroline Blackburn

Added: Feb 23, 2018

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In 1903, in the year that Ruth E Foster was born, the Harley-Davidson Motor Company was begun by two childhood friends, William Harley and Arthur Davidson - with help from Arthur's brother, Walter. Their first prototype - a "motor-bicycle" - couldn't climb hills without also pedaling, so they went back to the drawing board, and in 1904 their new version came in 4th in a race. Harley-Davidson and Indian Motorcycle Manufacturing Company were the only two major motorcycle companies to survive the Great Depression.

In 1910, Ruth was merely 7 years old when Angel Island, which is in San Francisco Bay, became the immigration center for Asians entering U.S. It was often referred to as "The Ellis Island of the West". Due to restrictive laws against Chinese immigration, many immigrants spent years on the island.

In 1926, by the time she was 23 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 1978, when she was 75 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 1995, in the year of Ruth E Foster's passing, on May 19th, the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil - before 9/11 - took place in Oklahoma City. A truck bomb went off outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown - killing 68 people, injuring more than 680 others, and destroying one-third of the building. The most disturbing images were of children - a daycare center was hit by the bomb. The deadliest incident of domestic terrorism ever, Timothy McVeigh, Terry Nichols, and Michael Fortier were convicted of the bombing.