Simon Arthur Blankenship (1908 - 1974)

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Troy A and Russell Blankenship

Added: Sep 17, 2019

Elias and Mary Ann Jenkins Blankenship

Added: Jan 31, 2015

Parton and Gibson Family, West Virginia

Added: Aug 08, 2013

Birtie & Juliet Blankenship

Added: Apr 29, 2012

William Blankenship gravesite

Added: Feb 05, 2012

William Blankenship & Virginia Jane (Stafford) Blankenship

Added: Feb 05, 2012

Laura Alice Hatfield Blankenship Gravesite

Added: Jan 17, 2012

Mirtie Blankenship

Added: Sep 09, 2011

Mirtie Blankenship

Added: Sep 09, 2011

Mirtie Blankenship

Added: Sep 09, 2011

Linsey Price with two of his Blankenship step-brothers about 1855 in Daviess county Missouri.

Added: Feb 04, 2011

Charles Blankenship On Horseback

Added: May 05, 2009

faimly 1850

Added: Sep 01, 2008

Martha Blankenship

Added: Sep 01, 2008

nannie and charles

Added: Sep 01, 2008

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In 1908, in the year that Simon Arthur Blankenship was born, President Theodore Roosevelt held the White House Conservation Conference, which lead to the establishment of the National Conservation Commission. Preparing the first inventory of the United State's natural resources, the commission was divided into four parts: water, forests, lands, and minerals.

In 1925, he was 17 years old when in July, the Scopes Trial - often called the Scopes Monkey Trial - took place, prosecuting a substitute teacher for teaching evolution in school. Tennessee had enacted a law that said it was "unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school". William Jennings Bryan headed the prosecution and Clarence Darrow headed the defense. The teacher was found guilty and fined $100. An appeal to the Supreme Court of Tennessee upheld the law but overturned the guilty verdict.

In 1936, at the age of 28 years old, Simon was alive when on November 2nd, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) debuted the world's first regular high-definition television service. The channel had a short schedule - Monday through Saturday, 3:00p to 4:00p and 9:00p to 10:00p. The first broadcast was "Opening of the BBC Television Service".

In 1960, Simon was 52 years old when on September 26th, the first televised debate for a Presidential campaign in the United States - Kennedy vs Nixon - was held. Seventy million people watched the debate on TV. The debate pre-empted the very popular Andy Griffith Show.

In 1974, in the year of Simon Arthur Blankenship's passing, on August 9th, Gerald R. Ford became the 38th President of the United States. He had been Vice President for 8 months when he became President due to the resignation of President Nixon.