Waldon Farr (1902 - 1975)

Waldon Farr’s biography is built and maintained by people like you. Create an online profile of Waldon so that their life is remembered forever. If any factual information is incorrect, please edit Waldon’s biography.

Pictures really do say a thousand words. Add photos of Waldon during various points of their life.

1902 - In the year that Waldon Farr was born, the world famous Italian tenor, Enrico Caruso, made the first gramophone recording by a popular singer. Accompanied by only a piano, his voice recordings became a big seller and did much to popularize the new-fangled gramophone. He had to sing into a metal "horn" that relayed his voice to a metal disc. And the songs had to be under 4 and a half minutes!

1904 - When this person was merely 2 years old, the first underground line of the New York City subway system opened. London's underground system was opened in 1863 and Boston opened one in 1897, but New York quickly became the largest system in the U.S. More than 100,000 people paid 5 cents to ride under Manhattan that first day.

1911 - By the time this person was just 9 years old, the first Indianapolis 500 was run in May. Ray Harroun was the winner - he was an engineer and had retired from racing but he came back for this race. After the race, he retired for good. The purse was $27,550 - the largest offered up to that time - and Harroun received $10,000 for first place. His average time was 74.602 mph.

1929 - At the age of 27 years old, Waldon was alive when American Samoa officially became a U.S. territory. Although a part of the United States since 1900, the Ratification Act of 1929 vested "all civil, judicial, and military powers in the President of the United States of America".

1975 - In the year of Waldon Farr's passing, 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.

Who was Waldon’s parents? Did they get married and did they have children? Share Waldon’s family tree to share their legacy and genealogy pedigree.

What do you remember about Waldon Farr? Share your memories of special moments and stories you have heard about them. Or just leave a comment to show the world that Waldon is remembered.