Samuel Stafford (1902 - 1984)

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Leota Gertrude (Stafford) Carty

Added: May 22, 2019

Talking Between San Francisco and Guthrie

Added: May 23, 2016

Amaziah Stafford

Added: Feb 05, 2016

Leota Gertrude Stafford

Added: Dec 18, 2015

Wilburn Harrison Pickel

Added: Jul 05, 2014

Richard L Stafford

Added: Jun 15, 2014

Richard L Stafford

Added: Jun 15, 2014

Richard L Stafford

Added: Jun 15, 2014

Stafford Family 1907

Added: Nov 26, 2012

Ed Bahm, Illinois, 1907

Added: Nov 26, 2012

Stafford Group, Texas 1907

Added: Nov 26, 2012

Margaret Stafford, Texas 1900's

Added: Nov 26, 2012

Terry Stafford at the Memorial Hall, KS

Added: Apr 28, 2012

Marian Stafford 1956

Added: Feb 17, 2012

Abigail (Davis) Stafford gravesite

Added: Feb 05, 2012

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In 1902, in the year that Samuel Stafford was born, the first Rose Bowl game was played in Pasadena, California. Called the "Tournament East–West football game" at the time, the Michigan Wolverines (East) played the Stanford Indians (West) - the Wolverines won 49 - 0. (The Stanford captain requested an end to the game with 8 minutes remaining.) The Tournament of Roses Parade began in 1890 and the football game began as a way to boost tourism in the area.

In 1914, at the age of just 12 years old, Samuel was alive when President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating Mother's Day, the second Sunday in May, as a national holiday to honor mothers. Anna Jarvis had championed a Mother's Day for years but Congress had joked a few years earlier that then they would have to proclaim a "Mother-in-law's Day" as well. The President who championed a woman's right to vote also created a day in their honor.

In 1931, Samuel was 29 years old when on May 1st, the Empire State Building opened in New York City. At 1,454 feet (including the roof and antenna), it was the tallest building in the world until the World Trade Center's North Tower was built in 1970. (It is now the 34th tallest.) Opening at the beginning of the Great Depression, most of the offices in the Empire State Building remained unoccupied for years and the observation deck was an equal source of revenue and kept the building profitable.

In 1975, at the age of 73 years old, Samuel was alive when on September 5th, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme tried to assassinate President Ford in Sacramento, California. She failed when her gun wouldn't fire. President Ford escaped a second assassination attempt 17 days later on September 22 when Sarah Jane Moore tried to shoot him in San Francisco. A bystander saw her raise her arm, grabbed it, and the shot went wild.

In 1984, in the year of Samuel Stafford's passing, on January 1, "Baby Bells" were created. AT&T had been the provider of telephone service (and equipment) in the United States. The company kept Western Electric, Bell Labs, and AT&T Long Distance. Seven new regional companies (the Baby Bells) covered local telephone service and were separately owned. AT&T lost 70% of its book value due to this move.