Alberta S Orr (1944 - 2009)

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Michael Allen Orr

Gates Orr

Gates ORR and Mary Jane (BEST) ORR

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Annie Holm Orr

Anne Martin Orr

Amy Delena (Hopkins) Orr gravesite

Marie A. (Kirchgassner) Lopf obituary

Bobby J Orr

Amy Delena (Hopkins) Orr

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Unknown man, 1912

Josephine Elder Orr

Lorena May Orr

Lorena & Floyd Orr

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In 1944, in the year that Alberta S Orr was born, on December 16th, The Battle of the Bulge began in the Ardennes forest on the Western Front. Lasting for a little over a month, the battle began with a surprise attack by Germany on the Allied forces The U.S. suffered their highest casualties of any operation in World War II - 89,000 were casualties, around 8,600 killed - but Germany also severely depleted their resources and they couldn't be replaced.

In 1956, at the age of merely 12 years old, Alberta was alive when on May 20th, the U.S. tested the first hydrogen bomb dropped from a plane over Bikini Atoll. Previously, hydrogen bombs had only been tested on the ground. The Atomic Age moved forward.

In 1963, Alberta was 19 years old when the British Secretary of War, 46 year old John Profumo ,was forced to resign when he lied about an affair with 19 year old Christine Keeler. Keeler was also involved with the Soviet naval attaché and charges of espionage were feared. No proof of spying was ever found.

In 1980, when she was 36 years old, on December 8th, ex-Beatle John Lennon was shot and killed by Mark David Chapman in front of his home - the Dakota - in New York City. Chapman was found guilty of murder and still remains in jail.

In 1998, she was 54 years old when on December 19th, the movie Titanic - based on the 1912 sinking of the ship and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet - was released. Winning 11 Oscars, it was the first film to gross over a billion dollars and eventually grossed over $2 billion.