

In 1926, when he was 26 years old, on October 31st, Harry Houdini died in Michigan. These are concepts that are still used by modern psychology. Although he was a medical doctor, he was fascinated with the psyche and hypothesized the existence of the id, the ego, the superego, the libido, the unconscious, the Oedipus complex, and more. Sigmund Freud, born Sigismund Schlomo Freud in May of 1856, is the "father of psychoanalysis". In 1900, in the year that Gerald Snook was born, the Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud published his book (written in 1899) "The Interpretation of Dreams". The first music video played was the Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star" - the second was Pat Benatar's "You Better Run".Refresh this page to see various historical events that occurred during Gerald's lifetime. In 1981, in the year of Ronald Snook's passing, on August 1st, MTV debuted. One student died, one was blinded, 128 were injured. Berkeley students at a protest for People's Park. The previous year, on May 15th, Alameda County Sheriffs used shotguns against U.C. There had been precedent for the killing of American college students. The students were at a peaceful demonstration protesting the invasion of Cambodia by US forces.

In 1970, he was 16 years old when on May 4th, four students at Kent State University in Ohio were shot and killed by National Guardsmen.

The South Vietnamese and US troops held off the offensive but it was such fierce fighting that the U.S. 70,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces swarmed into South Vietnam. In 1968, by the time he was only 14 years old, on January 31st, the North Vietnamese launched the Tet Offensive, a turning point in the Vietnam War. The legislation required CPB to operate with a "strict adherence to objectivity and balance in all programs or series of programs of a controversial nature". In 1967, Ronald was just 13 years old when on November 7th, President Johnson signed legislation passed by Congress that created the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which would later become PBS and NPR. The ruling stated that state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students was unconstitutional thus paving the way for integration in schools. In 1954, in the year that Ronald Snook was born, on May 17th, the Supreme Court released a decision on Brown v. Refresh this page to see various historical events that occurred during Ronald's lifetime.
