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Beatrice Burkhead 1916 - 1987

Beatrice Burkhead (1916 - 1987)
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Beatrice Burkhead
Last Known Residence
Wilkes Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania 18711
Born
August 25, 1916
Death
November 1987
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Beatrice Burkhead of Wilkes Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania was born on August 25, 1916, and died at age 71 years old in November 1987.

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Beatrice Burkhead passed away at age 71 years old in November 1987. Beatrice Burkhead of Wilkes Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania was born on August 25, 1916.

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Beatrice Burkhead lived 1 years shorter than the average Burkhead family member when she died at the age of 71.
The average age of a Burkhead family member is 72.
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1916 - 1987 World Events

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In 1916, in the year that Beatrice Burkhead was born, the U.S. National Park Service - part of the Department of the Interior - was created by an act of Congress in August. The Park Service was charged with the dual role of "preserving the ecological and historical integrity of the places entrusted to its management while also making them available and accessible for public use and enjoyment". The resources managed by the National Park Service have often been referred to as the "crown jewels" of the United States.

In 1927, when she was merely 11 years old, in September, the Columbia Broadcasting System (later called CBS) became the second national radio network in the U.S. The first broadcast was a presentation by the Howard Barlow Orchestra from radio station WOR in Newark, New Jersey.

In 1930, by the time she was merely 14 years old, on August 6th, N.Y. Supreme Court Judge Joseph Crater went through papers in his office, destroyed some of them, withdrew all his money from the bank - $5,150, sold his stock, met friends at a restaurant for dinner and disappeared after getting into a taxi (or walking down the street - his friends' testimony later changed). His disappearance was reported to the police on September 3rd - almost a month later. His wife didn't know what happened, his fellow Justices had no idea, and his mistresses (he had several) said that they didn't know. While his disappearance was front page news, his fate was never discovered and after 40 years the case was closed, still without knowing if Crater was dead or alive.

In 1954, Beatrice was 38 years old when on May 17th, the Supreme Court released a decision on Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. The ruling stated that state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students was unconstitutional thus paving the way for integration in schools.

In 1987, in the year of Beatrice Burkhead's passing, was the first time that a criminal in the United States - a serial rapist - was convicted through the use of DNA evidence.

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