I wasn't able to locate any information for Marion Wilson online other than his birth/death dates: Born Apr 18 1896;
Died: Mar 7 1997, making him 100 years of age. The following historic events-of-interest occurred during Carl's birth year in 1896:
Jan 1 - German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen announces his discovery of x-rays
Jan 4 - Following Mormon abandonment of polygamy, Utah admitted as 45th state
Jan 18 - 1st demonstration of an X-ray machine in US (NYC)
Jan 29 - Emile Grubbe is the first doctor to use radiation treatment for breast cancer
Feb 23 - Tootsie Roll introduced by Leo Hirshfield
Mar 1 - Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity
Mar 10 Charilaos Vasilakos of Greece wins 1st modern marathon in 3:18 [OS]
Mar 12 1st movie in Netherlands (Kalverstr 220)
Apr 4 - Announcement of gold discovery in Yukon
Apr 20 - 1st public film showing in US John Philip Sousa's "El Capitan" premieres in NYC
May 26 - Dow Jones begins an index of 12 industrial stocks (closing is 40.94)
May 30 - 1st car accident occurs, Henry Wells hits a cyclist in NYC
Jun 2 - Guglielmo Marconi applies to patent the radio, accepted 2 July 1897
Jun 4 - Henry Ford takes his 1st Ford through streets of Detroit
Jun 8 - First car thief; Baron de Zuylen’s Peugeot is stolen by his mechanic in Paris
Aug 16 - Gold first discovered in Klondike, found at Bonanza Creek, Alaska by George Carmack
Aug 20 - Dial telephone patented
Aug 29 - Chop suey invented in NYC by chef of visiting Chinese Ambassador
Sep 7 - A H Whiting wins 1st automobile race held on a closed-circuit track in Cranston, RI
Nov 3 - William McKinley (R) defeats William Jennings Bryan (D) for president
Nov 26 - 1st large indoor football game, University of Chicago beats University of Michigan 7-6
Dec 25 - "Stars & Stripes Forever" written by John Philip Sousa