Jiovannino ( Giovannino ) Parrino

Jiovannino ( Giovannino ) Parrino was born in Tampa, Florida more than 106 years ago on May 6th, 1914 to his Father, Gesuele Parrino and Mother, Carmela Ferrara

** Interesting events that occurred around the World during Jiovannino's birth year of 1914 included.

• On January 5th, 1914 Industrialist Henry Ford announces his $5 minimum per-day wage, which doubled most workers pay.

• On February 2nd, 1914 Charlie Chaplin makes his film début, in the comedy short Making a Living.

• On June 28th, 1914 Serbian Nationalist Gavrilo Princip just 19 years old assassinates Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his Wife, Duchess Sophie in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, triggering the the First World War.

• On July 11th, 1914 baseball legend Babe Ruth makes his major league debut,with the Boston Red Sox.

• On August 4th, 1914 the United States declares neutrality upon the outbreak of the First World War.

• On August 5th, 1914 the first ever electric traffic light is installed between Euclid Avenue and East 105 Street in Cleveland, Ohio.

• On August 15th, 1914 a dismissed servant by the name of Julian Carlton kills 7 people with a hatchet at American architect Frank Lloyd Wright's studio and home in Spring Green, Wisconsin before setting it on fire. (The victims included Wright's mistress, Mamah Borthwick and her two children).

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Jiovannino ( Giovannino ) was the third of four children born to his Mother and Father. He had two elder siblings, Joseph and Angelina as well as a younger Sister, Josephine.

** Both of this evenings honoree's parents immigrated to the United States from Italy in 1905 where they settled in the Sunshine State of Florida and City of Tampa where the climate was similar to their homeland in Southern Italy.

Parrino Patriarch, Gesuele supports his family in the field of cigar making.

On July 1st, 1929 Jiovannino was seen by doctors and hospitalized as he suddenly became ill. His diagnosis? Spinal meningitis... Spinal meningitis is an infection of the fluid and membranes around the brain and spinal cord. Once infection starts, it can spread rapidly through the body. Without treatment it can cause brain damage in a matter of hours and can be fatal within 24 hours. . Sorrowfully this evenings honoree would lose his life the day next on Tuesday July 2nd 1929. He was fifteen

Jiovannino ( Giovannino ) Parrino... Beloved Son and Brother