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Ben Gitmed 1921 - 2001

Ben Gitmed of San Juan Bautista, San Benito County, CA was born on August 16, 1921, and died at age 80 years old on October 8, 2001.
Ben Gitmed
San Juan Bautista, San Benito County, CA 95045
August 16, 1921
October 8, 2001
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Ben Gitmed's History: 1921 - 2001

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  • 08/16
    1921

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    August 16, 1921
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  • 10/8
    2001

    Death

    October 8, 2001
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    Ben Gitmed lived 13 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 80.
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In 1921, in the year that Ben Gitmed was born, in May, the Emergency Quota Act - or Emergency Immigration Act - was passed. The law restricted the number of immigrants to 357,000 per year. It also established an immigration quota in which only 3 per cent of the total population of any ethnic group already in the USA in 1910, could be admitted to America after 1921. Although the Act was supposed to be temporary, it stayed in effect until 1965.
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In 1937, Ben was 16 years old when on May 6th, the German zeppelin the Hindenburg caught fire and blew up. The Hindenburg was a passenger ship traveling to Frankfurt Germany. It tried to dock in New Jersey, one of the stops, and something went wrong - it blew up. Thirty-six people were killed out of the 97 on board - 13 passengers, 22 crewmen, and one ground worker. The reasons for the explosion are still disputed.
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