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Benjamin F Burkhead 1927 - 2008

Benjamin F Burkhead of Des Moines, Polk County, IA was born on December 4, 1927, and died at age 80 years old on October 21, 2008.
Benjamin F Burkhead
Des Moines, Polk County, IA 50320
December 4, 1927
October 21, 2008
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  • 12/4
    1927

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    December 4, 1927
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  • 10/21
    2008

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    October 21, 2008
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    Benjamin F Burkhead lived 8 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 80.
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In 1927, in the year that Benjamin F Burkhead was born, aviator and media darling Charles Lindbergh, age 25, made the first successful solo TransAtlantic flight. "Lucky Lindy" took off from Long Island in New York and flew to Paris, covering  3,600 statute miles and flying for 33 1⁄2-hours. His plane "The Spirit of St. Louis" was a fabric-covered, single-seat, single-engine "Ryan NYP" high-wing monoplane designed by both Lindbergh and the manufacturer's chief engineer.
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In 1941, when he was only 14 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.
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