Willa M Wood (1907 - 2001)

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Leith Wood Sydney Australia

Added: May 19, 2020

Carolyn Leila Wood NSW Australia

Added: May 19, 2020

Stanley E Wood

Added: Apr 14, 2020

Amanda M. (Vanscotter) Wood

Added: May 22, 2019

Norman Wood

Added: Sep 08, 2017

Dick Wood, Kiowa Colorado

Added: Dec 20, 2016

Edna Norris and James Wood - wedding

Added: Oct 04, 2016

Edna Pauline Norris Wood

Added: Oct 04, 2016

Ella Perdita Cash Wood

Added: Oct 04, 2016

Joseph Alexander Wood

Added: Oct 04, 2016

Olivia Stinnette Wood

Added: Oct 04, 2016

James Henry Wood

Added: Oct 04, 2016

Dolly Belle Wood

Added: Oct 04, 2016

Pete Wood & Fred Mohler

Added: Oct 04, 2016

Pete, Dolly, & James Wood

Added: Oct 04, 2016

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In 1907, in the year that Willa M Wood was born, radiometric dating, a recently discovered technology that could date rocks, found that the earth was 2.2 billion years old which was dramatically older than previously thought. Later refinements and advancements in science would date the age of the earth at over 4.5 billion years.

In 1921, at the age of merely 14 years old, Willa was alive when the silent film The Sheik, directed by George Melford and starring Rudolph Valentino and Agnes Ayres (also featuring Adolphe Menjou) debuted on October 21st. Critics weren't enthusiastic but the public loved it - in the first few weeks 125,000 people had seen the movie - and it eventually exceeded $1 million in ticket sales. And Rudolph Valentino, an Italian American, became the heartthrob of a female generation.

In 1968, when she was 61 years old, on January 31st, the North Vietnamese launched the Tet Offensive, a turning point in the Vietnam War. 70,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces swarmed into South Vietnam. The South Vietnamese and US troops held off the offensive but it was such fierce fighting that the U.S. public began to turn against the war.

In 1984, at the age of 77 years old, Willa was alive when due to outrage about "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" (it seemed too "dark" to many and it was rated PG), a new rating was devised - PG-13. The first film rated PG-13 was "Red Dawn".

In 1998, by the time she was 91 years old, on December 19th, the movie Titanic - based on the 1912 sinking of the ship and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet - was released. Winning 11 Oscars, it was the first film to gross over a billion dollars and eventually grossed over $2 billion.