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Alonzo Lansford 1910 - 1978

Alonzo Lansford (1910 - 1978)
Full legal name
Alonzo Lansford
Last Known Residence
New Orleans, Orleans County, Louisiana 70116
Born
October 13, 1910
Death
May 1978
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Alonzo Lansford of New Orleans, Orleans County, Louisiana was born on October 13, 1910, and died at age 67 years old in May 1978.

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New Orleans, Orleans County, Louisiana 70116
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Alonzo Lansford passed away at age 67 years old in May 1978. Alonzo Lansford of New Orleans, Orleans County, Louisiana was born on October 13, 1910.

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Alonzo Lansford lived 7 years shorter than the average Lansford family member when he died at the age of 67.
The average age of a Lansford family member is 74.
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1910 - 1978 World Events

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In 1910, in the year that Alonzo Lansford was born, the Mexican revolution began. Dictator Porfirio Díaz had ruled for 35 years and was nationally unpopular. When elections were held in 1910 and a rigged election kept Diaz in office. The uprising began - and lasted for another 10 years.

In 1934, at the age of 24 years old, Alonzo was alive when on November 11th 1933, an extremely strong dust storm hit South Dakota, stripping topsoil. Other strong dust storms had occurred during 1933. Severe droughts continued to hit the Great Plains and the dust storms devastated agricultural production as well as people's' lives for several years. The Roosevelt administration and scientists eventually determined that farming practices had caused the conditions that led to the dust storms and the changes they implemented in farming stopped the Dust Bowl.

In 1955, when he was 45 years old, on September 10th the TV show "Gunsmoke" debuted on CBS. It went on to be television's longest-running western. Matt Dillon, Chester, Doc Adams, and Miss Kitty became household names.

In 1962, when he was 52 years old, 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.

In 1978, in the year of Alonzo Lansford's passing, on July 25th, Louise Brown, the first "test-tube baby", was born at Oldham Hospital in London. Louise was conceived through IVF (in vitro fertilization), a controversial and experimental procedure at the time.

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