Walter William Handley (1880 - 1949)

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Walter's Parents

Handley Walter Handley

Caroline Sherwood Handley

Walter William Handley

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Caroline Sherwood Handley

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Walter's Parents

Walter Handley

Caroline Sherwood Handley

Walter William Handley

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Walter Handley

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Caroline Sherwood Handley

Unknown - Unknown

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Hardie L Handley

Added: Nov 30, 2015

Hardie L Handley

Added: Nov 30, 2015

Michaela Rickelle Handley

Added: Jan 06, 2015

Eileen Veronica (Bucher) Handley

Added: Jun 17, 2014

John & Margaret (Handley) Mantova Wedding

Added: Jun 17, 2014

June Handley, Drew Barrymore Look-Alike

Added: Sep 16, 2011

Pat & Friend. Nashville ,TN.

Added: Jul 16, 2009

Thomas and Mary Johnston

Added: Mar 14, 2003

Donia Handley Jeans Mother and Father

Added: Jul 14, 2002

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In 1880, in the year that Walter William Handley was born, on February 2nd the city of Wabash, Indiana became the third city in the world to be lit by electricity.

In 1908, he was 28 years old when unemployment in the U.S. was at 8.0% and the cost of a first-class stamp was 2 cents while the population in the United States was 88,710,000. The world population was almost 4.4 billion.

In 1911, Walter was 31 years old when British physicist Ernest Rutherford (born in New Zealand), along with German physicist Hans Geiger, discovered the structure of an atom. He found that atoms had nuclei (a nucleus) and were circled by electrons, much as planets orbit the sun.

In 1939, he was 59 years old when on the 1st of September, Nazi Germany invaded Poland. On September 17th, the Soviet Union invaded Poland as well. Poland expected help from France and the United Kingdom, since they had a pact with both. But no help came. By October 6th, the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany held full control of the previously Polish lands. Eventually, the invasion of Poland lead to World War II.

In 1949, in the year of Walter William Handley's passing, on April 4th, NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was established. Twelve nations originally signed the North Atlantic Treaty - the United States, Great Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Iceland, Canada, and Portugal. Greece, Turkey, and West Germany later joined. Today, there are 26 nations in NATO.