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Bernard Backman 1916 - 1984

Bernard Backman (1916 - 1984)
Full legal name
Bernard Backman
Last Known Residence
Jonesport, Washington County, Maine 04649
Born
June 10, 1916
Death
February 1984
Summary
Bernard Backman of Jonesport, Washington County, Maine was born on June 10, 1916, and died at age 67 years old in February 1984.

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Jonesport, Washington County, Maine 04649
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June 10, 1916
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Bernard Backman passed away at age 67 years old in February 1984. Bernard Backman of Jonesport, Washington County, Maine was born on June 10, 1916.

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Bernard Backman lived 7 years shorter than the average Backman family member when he died at the age of 67.
The average age of a Backman family member is 74.
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1916 - 1984 World Events

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In 1916, in the year that Bernard Backman was born, suffragette Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman elected to the House of Representatives as a Representative at large from Montana. She was the first woman to hold an elected Federal office. Holding the office for two years, she ran again in 1940 and served another two year term. Montana had granted women unrestricted voting rights in 1914, 6 years before women got the vote nationally.

In 1931, when he was merely 15 years old, in March, “The Star Spangled Banner” officially became the national anthem by congressional resolution. Other songs had previously been used - among them, "My Country, 'Tis of Thee", "God Bless America", and "America the Beautiful". There was fierce debate about making "The Star Spangled Banner" the national anthem - Southerners and veterans organizations supported it, pacifists and educators opposed it.

In 1947, when he was 31 years old, on April 15th, Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers, playing first base. He was the first black man to play in the Major Leagues. Since the 1880's, professional baseball had been segregated and blacks played in the "Negro leagues". He went on to play for 10 years.

In 1954, at the age of 38 years old, Bernard was alive when from April 22 through June 17th, the Army v. McCarthy hearings were held. The U.S. Army accused Roy Cohn (chief counsel to Senator McCarthy and later trusted mentor of Donald Trump) of blackmail. McCarthy and Cohn accused the U.S. Army of harboring communists. The Army allegations were found to be true. The U.S. Senate later censured McCarthy.

In 1984, in the year of Bernard Backman's passing, due to outrage about "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" (it seemed too "dark" to many and it was rated PG), a new rating was devised - PG-13. The first film rated PG-13 was "Red Dawn".

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