Andrew French (1912 - 1983)

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Lucy Alvina (French) Trudeau

Added: Jul 28, 2020

Kathryn (Duggins) French

Added: Jul 28, 2020

William Henry French

Added: Jul 28, 2020

Sylvester “Wes” Wesley French

Added: Jul 28, 2020

Alice Rozella (Fenton) French

Added: Jul 28, 2020

Oliver Harold French, M.D.

Added: Apr 23, 2019

Oliver Harold French M.D.

Added: Apr 23, 2019

Oliver Harold French M.D.

Added: Apr 23, 2019

Oliver Harold French M.D. Family

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Oliver Harold French M.D.

Added: Apr 23, 2019

Oliver French and Deborah Greniman

Added: Apr 22, 2019

Oliver French M.D.

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Avis Adell (French) Sessums

Added: Dec 23, 2018

Willie Howard French

Added: Aug 15, 2018

Rosa Lee French

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In 1912, in the year that Andrew French was born, in October, former President Theodore Roosevelt was shot, but not killed, while campaigning for another term as President with the newly created Bull Moose (Progressive) Party. John Schrank was a Bavarian-born saloon-keeper from New York who had been stalking Roosevelt when he shot him just before a campaign speech. Shot in the chest (and showing the audience his bloody shirt), Roosevelt went on to give a 55 to 90 minute talk (reports vary on the length) before being treated for the injury. After 8 days in the hospital, Roosevelt went back on the campaign trail.

In 1936, at the age of 24 years old, Andrew was alive when on November 3rd, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was reelected to a second term. He ran against Republican Governor Alf Landon (Kansas), defeating Landon in the popular vote by 60.8% to 36.5%. Vermont and Maine were the only two states in which Landon won. John Nance Garner IV became the Vice-President in this election.

In 1941, by the time he was 29 years old, on June 25th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8802, prohibiting racial discrimination in the defense industry. EO 8802 was the first federal action to prohibit employment discrimination - without prejudice as to "race, creed, color, or national origin" - in the U.S. Civil Rights groups had planned a march on Washington D.C. to protest for equal rights but with the signing of the Order, they canceled the March.

In 1970, Andrew was 58 years old when on May 4th, four students at Kent State University in Ohio were shot and killed by National Guardsmen. The students were at a peaceful demonstration protesting the invasion of Cambodia by US forces. There had been precedent for the killing of American college students. The previous year, on May 15th, Alameda County Sheriffs used shotguns against U.C. Berkeley students at a protest for People's Park. One student died, one was blinded, 128 were injured.

In 1983, in the year of Andrew French's passing, physicist Sally K. Ride, 32, became the first US woman astronaut in space as a crew member aboard space shuttle Challenger on June 18th. She was also the youngest (32) astronaut to go into space. Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space in 1963.