This argument is further supported by the fact that it was the Grand Union Flag, not the more familiar Stars and Stripes, that was flown on the very first Independence Day, July 4, 1776. It can be argued that the Grand Union Flag was an important symbolic moment in the journey toward the US becoming an independent nation as the 13 stripes represented the 13 colonies that became the first to declare independence from the British.
It served as the United States flag during the first year and a half of the War of Independence and was presented as the flag for the very first time on January 1, 1776. But there were no stars, and the top left-hand corner featured a Union Jack. This flag contained the same red stripes on a white background as the one that followed it. Roentgen received the Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery.Īlthough we all associate the Stars and Stripes with the US, it was not the original American flag. However, the public did not become aware of the invention until four days later when it made the front page of a newspaper in Austria called Die Presse, which also highlighted the potential that the X-ray had for use in treating various medical conditions. He sent an article and photographs revealing his findings to other physicists and friends on January 1, 1896. She was seriously spooked to see her own skeleton as it made her imagine her death. Roentgen tested his new discovery by taking an X-ray of his wife’s hand. The inventor was German physics professor Wilhelm Roentgen who was experimenting with passing an electrical discharge through a glass tube in late 1895 when he discovered that it gave off a fluorescent light that rendered aluminum, wood, and paper transparent. What a lot of people don’t realize, though, is that the announcement of this took place in January 1896. To plant Memorial Trees in memory of Ricky King, please click here to visit our Sympathy Store.Given that we cannot all be Superman, it’s good that the X-ray was invented to allow a range of different medical problems to be detected. Per Rick's request there will be no services. We will always hold you in our hearts.Īrrangements are in the care of Jennings, Farley & Seeley Funeral Home and Crematory. You will be missed by your family and friends. He always helped anyone who needed his help or his time.įly high. He went on many trips to his favorite place, Gatlinburg, Tennessee. He loved country music, especially George Jones, who I'm sure he is singing songs with now. He had a great love for his grandchildren and always found ways to keep them entertained and happy. Rick was preceded in death by his parents, Earl and Hester King, brothers Clarence Thomas Jr, Robert Thomas, Donnie King, Lannie King, and sisters Nancy Wood, Carol (Jeannie) Darland, Cennie Klopfer, Joyce Hill, and Lou Wanda Mahan. Brother Danny King and sister Linda Swafford. 10 grandchildren: Kiersten, Xavier, Jayce, and Carter Clerico, Riley and Jailyn Leeper, Isaac and Aiden Blackford, and Bridget and Abigail Littlejohn. He is survived by his wife Brenda, daughters Melissa (Will) Clerico, Christina (Josh) Leeper, Amanda (Jason) Blackford, and Angela (Tony) Littlejohn. He worked a lot of his life in grain elevators, starting at Eldean in Troy, Shepard Grain in Fletcher, Craig's in West Liberty, and finally at Heritage in De Graff. He was born Jin Flemingsburg, Kentucky to Earl Francis and Hester Mae (Harris) King. Rick (Ricky) Allen King, 61, of De Graff passed away on Januat Wilson Memorial Hospital in Sidney.
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