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William Charles Foster

Annie Maria Anderton Foster

William Charles Foster

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William Charles Foster

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Annie Maria Anderton Foster

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Percy Walter Foster

Robert Samuel Foster 1902

Harry Foster Army Air Forces

Harry and Dorothy Foster Wedding

Carolyn Sue Foster

Irene May Inez (Foster) Johnson Family

Irene May Inez (Foster) Johnson

Dwayne E. Foster

The Lindsey Family, 1923

Bedford Foster Registration Card

Anni Foster

Delma Sue Jenkins - Foster-Casey

Joseph and Delma Sue Foster

Florence Edna (Duvall) Buchanan-Foster

Paul Leon Foster

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In 1911, in the year that William Charles Foster was born, the first use of aircraft as an offensive weapon occurred in the Turkish-Italian War. First used for aerial reconnaissance alone, planes were then used in aerial combat to shoot down recon planes. In World War I, planes and zeppelins evolved for use in bombing.

In 1923, when he was just 12 years old, the Teapot Dome scandal became the subject of an investigation by Senator Walsh and severely damaged the reputation of the Harding administration. Secretary of the Interior Albert Bacon Fall was convicted of accepting bribes from oil companies and became the first Cabinet member to go to prison. At the time, the Teapot Dome scandal was seen as "greatest and most sensational scandal in the history of American politics".

In 1930, William was 19 years old when on August 6th, N.Y. Supreme Court Judge Joseph Crater went through papers in his office, destroyed some of them, withdrew all his money from the bank - $5,150, sold his stock, met friends at a restaurant for dinner and disappeared after getting into a taxi (or walking down the street - his friends' testimony later changed). His disappearance was reported to the police on September 3rd - almost a month later. His wife didn't know what happened, his fellow Justices had no idea, and his mistresses (he had several) said that they didn't know. While his disappearance was front page news, his fate was never discovered and after 40 years the case was closed, still without knowing if Crater was dead or alive.

In 1940, William was 29 years old when on September 16th, the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, was enacted - the first peacetime draft in U.S. history. Men between 21 and 36 were required to register with their draft boards. When World War II began, men between 18 and 45 were subject to service and men up to 65 were required to register.

In 1953, in the year of William Charles Foster's passing, on January 20th, Dwight D. Eisenhower became the 34th President of the United States. Formerly the 1st Supreme Allied Commander Europe in World War II, Eisenhower had never previously held a political office.