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Adelaide Stroop 1890 - 1962

Adelaide Stroop (1890 - 1962)
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Adelaide Stroop
Last Known Residence
Florida
Born
May 15, 1890
Death
September 1962
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Adelaide Stroop of Florida was born on May 15, 1890, and died at age 72 years old in September 1962.

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Adelaide Stroop passed away at age 72 years old in September 1962. Adelaide Stroop of Florida was born on May 15, 1890.

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Adelaide Stroop lived 1 years shorter than the average Stroop family member when she died at the age of 72.
The average age of a Stroop family member is 73.
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1890 - 1962 World Events

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In 1890, in the year that Adelaide Stroop was born, on July 3rd, Idaho became the 43rd state in the United States. On July 10th, Wyoming became the 44th state.

In 1901, when she was merely 11 years old, John Pierpont "J. P." Morgan created U.S. Steel. J.P. Morgan was an American banker and financier who dominated U.S. business at this time. He had previously overseen the creation of General Electric, as well as International Harvester and AT&T. He has been referred to as America's greatest banker. U.S. Steel was the first billion dollar company in the world, worth $1.4 billion in 1901.

In 1925, she was 35 years old when gangster Al "Scarface" Capone took over the Chicago bootlegging racket at age 26. Previously right hand man to boss Johnny Torrio, Capone took over when Torrio was shot and severely injured and decided to resign. The bootlegging and brothel organization was massive and when asked what he did, Capone often replied "I am just a businessman, giving the people what they want".

In 1955, by the time she was 65 years old, on September 30th, movie star James Dean, 24, died in a car accident. He was headed in his new Porsche 550 to a race in Salinas California when, traveling at 85 mph, he collided with a 1950 Ford Tudor, also speeding, driven by a 23 year old college student. Dean died, his passenger and the other driver survived.

In 1962, in the year of Adelaide Stroop's passing, on February 20th, Lt. Col. John H. Glenn, Jr. became the first American to orbit the Earth. The Friendship 7 flew three times around the earth in 4 hours and 55 minutes. At age 77, Glenn returned to space - the oldest person to fly in space.

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