William A Wilkinson (1914 - 1996)

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Dorothy Wilkinson Izatt

Added: Jul 18, 2019

Ellen (Wilkinson) Allard restored

Added: Dec 07, 2018

Henry Arthur Wilkinson

Added: Dec 04, 2018

Mary Wilkinson (Nee: West)

Added: Dec 04, 2018

Ellen (Wilkinson) Allard

Added: Dec 04, 2018

Frank Wilkinson

Added: Oct 30, 2016

Bert Wilkinson

Added: Oct 30, 2016

Squire Eugene Mermoud

Added: Feb 03, 2016

Wilkinson gravesite

Added: Nov 23, 2015

Cyril Gordon Wilkinson

Added: Oct 28, 2015

Cyril Gordon Wilkinson

Added: Oct 28, 2015

Cyril Gordon Wilkinson

Added: Sep 23, 2015

Wilkinson family Headstones

Added: Sep 22, 2015

Myrl O Wilkinson

Added: Nov 08, 2014

Sophie Wilkinson Loria

Added: Sep 21, 2014

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In 1914, in the year that William A Wilkinson was born, in August, the world's first red and green traffic lights were installed at the corner of East 105th Street and Euclid Avenue in Cleveland Ohio. The electric traffic light had been invented by a policeman in Salt Lake City Utah in 1912.

In 1929, William was merely 15 years old when the St. Valentine's Day Massacre happened on February 14th. In Chicago, seven men from the North Side Irish gang were gunned down by Al Capone's South Side Italian gang at the garage at 2122 North Clark Street. Al Capone was making a successful move to take over Chicago's organized crime. But the St. Valentine's Day massacre also resulted in a public outcry against all gangsters.

In 1950, William was 36 years old when on June 25th, the Korean War began when North Korean Communist forces crossed the 38th parallel. The Soviet Union and China backed North Korea and the U.N., primarily the United States backed South Korea.

In 1963, William was 49 years old when the British Secretary of War, 46 year old John Profumo ,was forced to resign when he lied about an affair with 19 year old Christine Keeler. Keeler was also involved with the Soviet naval attaché and charges of espionage were feared. No proof of spying was ever found.

In 1996, in the year of William A Wilkinson's passing, on July 5th, the first cloned mammal - "Dolly the Sheep" - was born in Scotland. She had three mothers. Dolly lived to be 6 years old and produced 6 lambs. Since, other sheep have been cloned as well as horses, pigs, deer, and bulls.