Timeline: Sandiforth, James Lester: 1FAMILYTREE Genealogy

1953 - 1990 (37 years)

	Date	Event(s)
1	1953	1953: Appleton History Fox Valley Lutheran High School opened. 1953: USA History Thirty - Fourth President of the US is Dwight David Eisenhower 1953-1961 1953: Kaukauna History Automatic traffic signals are installed at the intersection of Lawe Street and Wisconsin Avenue.
2	1954	1954: Kaukauna History Joseph F. Bayorgeon was reelected Mayor of Kaukauna
3	1955	1955: Appleton History On April 27, the Lawe Street Bridge opened over the Fox River. 1955: Kaukauna History Kaukauna Community Hospital is dedicated.
4	1956	1956: Kaukauna History Joseph F. Bayorgeon was reelected Mayor of Kaukauna
5	1957	1957: Appleton History United States Senator Joseph McCarthy, who gained world-wide fame for his work against communism and who was condemned by the Senate for his methods, died in Washington D.C., and was buried in Appleton's St. Mary's Cemetery. 1957: Kaukauna History Senator John F. Kennedy visits Kaukauna as part of his primary campaign through Wisconsin.
6	1958	1958: Appleton History The Appleton Foxes baseball team was established in affiliation with the Washington Senators. Since 1987 the Foxes have been affiliated with the Kansas City Royals. 1958: Kaukauna History Joseph F. Bayorgeon was reelected Mayor of Kaukauna
7	1959	1959: Appleton History On December 19, the College Avenue Bridge opened over the Fox River. It replaced the John Street Bridge. 1959: Appleton History Xavier Catholic High School opened.
8	1960	1960: Appleton History The John Street Bridge was torn down on February 2. 1960: Kaukauna History Joseph F. Bayorgeon was reelected Mayor of Kaukauna
9	1961	1961: USA History Thirty - Fifth President of the US is John Fitzgerald Kennedy 1961-1963
10	1962	1962: Kaukauna History Joseph F. Bayorgeon was reelected Mayor of Kaukauna 9 May 1962—9 May 1962: First Direct Dial Telephone Call The Kaukauna Times reported on May 9, 1962 "Mayor Joseph F. Bayorgeon made the first Direct Dial call from the City of Kaukauna. He dialed the area code and the exact number he wanted in New York City."
11	1963	1963: USA History Thirty - Sixth President of the US is Lyndon Baines Johnson 1963-1969
12	1964	1964: Appleton History Appleton native Rocky Bleier graduated from Xavier High School and entered Notre Dame Univ. on a football scholarship. Despite injuries from service in the Vietnam War, went on to a championship career in professional football. 1964: Appleton History Lawrence College merged with Downer College and became Lawrence University. 1964: Kaukauna History Joseph F. Bayorgeon was reelected Mayor of Kaukauna
13	1965	1965: Kaukauna History City of Kaukauna celebrates 175th Jubilee.
14	1966	1966: Kaukauna History Electa Quinney School is opened. 1966: Kaukauna History Joseph F. Bayorgeon reelected Mayor of Kaukauna [Died August 10, 1966. His unexpired term was filled by Gilbert J. Anderson who was elected by the City Council on 8/15/66 for the balance of the year]
15	1967	1967: Appleton History Appleton East High School opened. 1967: Appleton History Carrie E. Morgan, for 30 years the superintendent of Appleton public schools, died in her home on October 14. She was 100 years old. 1967: Appleton History College Avenue, Appleton's main street, was reconstructed. The rebuilt street opened October 1. 1967: Appleton History On July 1, the Fox Valley Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education District was created. 1967: Kaukauna History Gilbert J. Anderson elected Mayor of Kaukauna 1967: Kaukauna History by referendum the position of Mayor of Kaukuana was made full-time
16	1968	1968: USA History Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy assassinated 1968: USA History Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated. 1968: Kaukauna History Gilbert J. Anderson was reelected Mayor of Kaukauna
17	1969	1969: USA History Thirty - Seventh President of the US is Richard Milhous Nixon 1969-1974 1969: USA History Vietnam War
18	1970	1970: Kaukauna History Gilbert J. Anderson was reelected Mayor of Kaukauna
19	1971	1971: Appleton History Passenger railroad service from Appleton ended on May 7.
20	1972	1972: Appleton History The Fox Valley Technical Institute opened in the town of Grand Chute. In 1987 the name was changed to the Fox Valley Technical College. 1972: Kaukauna History Outagamie Country Teachers College is closed after sixty years of service. 1972: Kaukauna History Robert A. LaPlante elected Mayor of Kaukauna
21	1974	1974: USA History Thirty - Eighth President of the US is Gerald Rudolph Ford 1974-1977 1974: Kaukauna History Robert A. LaPlante was reelected Mayor of Kaukauna 15 Mar 1974—1 Apr 1974: Wisconsin History March 15, 1974: The Hortonville School Board and teachers failed to agree on a contract. The teachers voted to strike on March 18 with the board responding by firing 84 teachers on April 2. The board's action was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court on June 17, 1976.
22	1975	1975: Kaukauna History New city offices are opened in the old Badger Northland plant.
23	1976	1976: Kaukauna History The new 6,300 square foot addition is opened in the Kaukauna Public Library 1976: Kaukauna History Robert A. LaPlante was reelected Mayor of Kaukauna
24	1977	1977: USA History Thirty - Ninth President of the US is Jimmy Carter 1977-1981
25	1978	1978: Kaukauna History Robert A. LaPlante was reelected Mayor of Kaukauna
26	1979	1979: Appleton History The new Lawe Street Bridge was dedicated on October 24.
27	1980	1980: Appleton History The new Oneida Skyline Bridge opened over the Fox River on October 31. 1980: Kaukauna History Robert A. LaPlante was reelected Mayor of Kaukauna
28	1981	1981: Appleton History 1981 On June 1, the Appleton Public Library opened its new Oneida Street building on the site of the old City Hall. 1981: USA History Fortieth President of the US is Ronald Wilson Reagan 1981-1989
29	1982	1982: Kaukauna History Ronald L Van De Hey was elected Mayor of Kaukauna
30	1984	1984: Appleton History 1984 The Fox River Mall opened in the Town of Grand Chute on July 18. 1984: Appleton History 1984 The Outagamie Museum was established in the former Masonic Temple building on College Avenue.
31	1985	1985: Appleton History 1985 Appleton\'s Memorial Hospital was renamed Appleton Medical Center or AMC. 1985: Appleton History 1985 Houdini Plaza, located near the site of Harry Houdini\'s boyhood home, was dedicated on May 25. The plaza\'s sculpture, Metamorphosis, by Richard C. Wolter, was also unveiled that day.
32	1986	1986: Appleton History 1986 Appleton was profiled in the August 11 issue of Sports Illustrated magazine. 1986: Appleton History 1986 In August two new elementary schools, Horizon School and Houdini School, were opened. 1986: Appleton History 1986 The Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region Inc. started with a $5,000 gift from retired AAL President Walter L. Rugland. The Foundation manages endowments and distributes funds to area charities and organizations. 1986: Kaukauna History Ronald L. Van De Hey was reelected Mayor of Kaukauna
33	1987	1987: Appleton History Appleton Christian School was opened on August 17. 1987: Appleton History 1987 On June 12, Fox River Oracle, a sculpture by Dimitri Hadzi, was dedicated at a site just off the Oneida Street Bridge. 1987: Appleton History 1987 The Avenue, Appleton\'s downtown mall, opened on March 12. 1987: Appleton History 1987 Willem Dafoe (a.k.a. William Dafoe), who was born and raised in Appleton, was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actor for his work in the 1986 film Platoon.
34	1988	1988: Appleton History 1988 For the first time in its 116 year history, all 17 locks in the Fox River Locks System were closed. From this year on, only three of the locks would be re-opened, those in De Pere, Menasha, and Kaukauna. 1988: Kaukauna History Ronald L. Van De Hey was reelected Mayor of Kaukauna
35	1989	1989: Appleton History 1989 Appleton Aurora, a 60-foot-by-10-foot solar sculpture by Dale Eldred, was installed atop the Appleton Center in Houdini Plaza. 1989: Appleton History 1989 On April 1, the Houdini Historical Center opened in the Outagamie Museum. 1989: Appleton History 1989 On August 1, Appleton\'s first woman firefighter began work. 1989: Appleton History 1989 The Appleton Library Foundation was established to create an endowment fund for the Appleton Public Library. As part of the fund-raising efforts, Bob Hope spent 4 days in Appleton and Neenah, from Aug. 23 to the 27. 1989: Appleton History 1989 The Institute of Paper Chemistry relocated to Georgia and became the Institute of Paper Science and Technology. 1989: Appleton History 1989 The John Birch Society moved its headquarters to Appleton. 1989: Kaukauna History New Post Office in completed on the north side of town.
36	1990	1990: Appleton History 1990 Valley Transit\'s transfer center opened in downtown Appleton on March 1. 1990: USA History Forty - First President of the US is George Herbert Walker Bush 1989-1993 1990: Kaukauna History Fox Valley Greyhound Park opens on north side of town. 1990: Kaukauna History Ronald L. Van De Hey elected Mayor of Kaukauna [Elected Outagamie County Executive in 1991. Neal Steinberg completed the term]

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