Louis Lee Oddenino was born
Tuesday, 12 October 1920
Warren Harding became the 29th President of the United States
Friday, 4 March 1921
Albert John Cash (Father-in-law) and Rosa Belle Armentrout (Mother-in-law) were married
Sunday, 18 December 1921
John Francis Oddenino (Sibling) was born
Monday, 29 May 1922
Albert John Cash (Brother-in-law) was born
Friday, 29 September 1922
Sarah Ann Utz (Great-grandmother) died
Sunday, 8 April 1923
Calvin Coolidge became the 30th President of the United States
Friday, 3 August 1923
David Franklin Oddenino (Sibling) was born
Wednesday, 23 April 1924
Louise Ellen Cash (Wife) was born
Friday, 26 September 1924
Evelyn Elizabeth Oddenino (Sibling) was born
Wednesday, 6 January 1926
The United States Army Air Corp was established
Friday, 2 July 1926
Charles Lawrence Oddenino (Sibling) was born
Thursday, 25 August 1927
Mary Elizabeth Delph (Grandmother) died
Monday, 26 March 1928
Herbert Hoover became the 31st President of the United States
Monday, 4 March 1929
The "Great Depression" began on Black Tuesday when the New York Stock Exchange crashed to an all-time low
Tuesday, 29 October 1929
Lula Jane Oddenino (Sibling) was born
Thursday, 6 March 1930
Alfred Emanuel Oddenino (Sibling) was born
Friday, 19 June 1931
Shelton Lee Bazzle (Grandfather) died
Sunday, 17 April 1932
Franklin Roosevelt became the 32nd President of the United States
Saturday, 4 March 1933
Sarah Anne Oddenino (Sibling) was born
Friday, 6 October 1933
Adolf Hitler broke the Treaty of Versailles when he ordered troops to march into the Rhineland
Saturday, 7 March 1936
Mary Alice Oddenino (Sibling) was born
Monday, 8 March 1937
Germany invaded Poland which began World War II in Europe
Friday, 1 September 1939 to Sunday, 2 September 1945
Both Britain and France declared war on Germany
Sunday, 3 September 1939
The British completed the evacuation of over 300,000 soldiers from Dunkirk, France
Tuesday, 4 June 1940
Nancy June Oddenino (Sibling) was born
Sunday, 16 June 1940
France and Germany signed an armistice, dictated by Germany, which took France out of the war
Saturday, 22 June 1940
Germany invaded the Soviet Union
Sunday, 22 June 1941
Japan Attacked Pearl Harbor
Sunday, 7 December 1941
The United States declared war on Japan
Monday, 8 December 1941
Germany and Italy declared war on the United States
Thursday, 11 December 1941
The Bataan Death March began in Mariveles in the Philippines
Friday, 10 April 1942
The Battle of Midway turned the tide of the war in the Pacific
Thursday, 4 June 1942
200,000 German soldiers surrendered at Stalingrad
Tuesday, 2 February 1943
Japan abandons the Aleutian Islands
Saturday, 21 August 1943
D-Day when Allied forces invaded Normandy
Tuesday, 6 June 1944
Louis Lee Oddenino and Louise Ellen Cash (Wife) were married
Wednesday, 7 June 1944
The Battle of the Bulge began and would last until 25 Jan 1945
Saturday, 16 December 1944
Marines landed on Iwo Jima. After long battle, the traditional Japanese island fell the U.S
Monday, 19 February 1945
Harry Truman became the 33rd President of the United States
Thursday, 12 April 1945
Germany surrendered unconditionally (VE-Day)
Tuesday, 8 May 1945
The United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan
Monday, 6 August 1945
The Soviet Union declared war on Japan
Wednesday, 8 August 1945
The United States dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan
Thursday, 9 August 1945
World War II ended when Japan laid down her arms and surrendered to the United States
Tuesday, 14 August 1945
The official Japanese surrender ceremony in Tokyo Bay
Sunday, 2 September 1945
The United Nations was established
Wednesday, 24 October 1945
The "Cold War" began when Winston Churchill proclaimed that "an iron curtain has swept across the continent."
Tuesday, 5 March 1946
Jane Carolyn Oddenino (Daughter) was born
Thursday, 7 August 1947
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was created
Monday, 4 April 1949
The Korean War started when North Korea invaded South Korea
Sunday, 25 June 1950 to Thursday, 4 June 1953
Son was born
Sunday
Dwight Eisenhower became the 34th President of the United States
Tuesday, 20 January 1953
Daughter was born
Saturday
The Korean War ended when North Korea accepted the United Nations proposals
Thursday, 4 June 1953
Daughter was born
Wednesday
The first U.S. combat troops arrived in Vietnam
Thursday, 8 March 1956
Francesco Lorenzo Luigi Oddenino (Grandfather) died
Saturday, 10 March 1956
John Kennedy became the 35th President of the United States
Friday, 20 January 1961
Lucy Ellen Seal (Grandmother) died
Thursday, 30 March 1961
Albert John Cash (Father-in-law) died
Friday, 2 June 1961
John Francis Oddenino (Father) died
Tuesday, 28 November 1961
The Cuban missile crisis began when American spy planes spotted Soviet missile bases in Cuba
Monday, 22 October 1962
The Soviet Union removed is missiles from Cuba
Saturday, 27 October 1962
The United States lifted the blockade of Cuba, which ended the Cuban missile crisis
Tuesday, 20 November 1962
Lyndon Johnson became the 36th President of the United States
Friday, 22 November 1963
The United States sent 600 troops to Vietnam
Tuesday, 14 July 1964 to Saturday, 27 January 1973
The United States sent 5,000 more advisers to South Vietnam
Monday, 27 July 1964
The Tonkin Gulf Resolution was passed by Congress
Friday, 7 August 1964
Fourteen Vietnam War protesters were arrested for blocking the United Nations' doors in New York
Friday, 19 February 1965
President Lyndon Johnson sent an additional 50,000 troops to South Vietnam
Wednesday, 28 July 1965
50,000 protestors attended the "March on the Pentagon."
Saturday, 21 October 1967
General William Westmoreland requested an additional 206,000 troops in Vietnam
Saturday, 9 March 1968
Richard Nixon became the 37th President of the United States
Monday, 20 January 1969
President Nixon informed President Thieu of South Vietnam that 25,000 U.S. troops would pull out by August
Sunday, 8 June 1969
The first U.S. units withdrew from South Vietnam
Monday, 7 July 1969
United States astronauts landed on the moon
Sunday, 20 July 1969
Rosa Belle Armentrout (Mother-in-law) died
Friday, 3 October 1969
Four students at Kent State University were shot by National Guard members during an anti-war demonstration
Monday, 4 May 1970
New Zealand and Australia announced that they will pull their troops out of Vietnam
Sunday, 18 July 1971
President Nixon announced that the U.S. would withdraw about 45,000 U.S. troops from Vietnam by February
Friday, 12 November 1971
President Nixon announced that an accord had been reached to end the Vietnam War
Tuesday, 23 January 1973
A peace accord was signed by the United States and North Vietnam
Saturday, 27 January 1973
Gerald R. Ford became the 38th President of the United States
Friday, 9 August 1974
The Vietnam War ended
Wednesday, 30 April 1975
Jimmy Carter became the 39th President of the United States
Thursday, 20 January 1977
Granddaughter was born
Tuesday
Iranians seize the American Embassy in Tehran and took 52 Americans hostage
Sunday, 4 November 1979
Grandson was born
Friday
Jane Carolyn Oddenino (Daughter) died
Saturday, 26 July 1980
As Ronald Reagan was sworn in as president, the 52 American hostages were released in Iran
Tuesday, 20 January 1981
Ronald Reagan became the 40th President of the United States
Tuesday, 20 January 1981
Alia Kile Bazzle (Mother) died
Tuesday, 25 January 1983
Grandson was born Friday
Granddaughter was born
Saturday
Louis Lee Oddenino died
Wednesday, 27 July 1988