Brian Arthur Oakley (1937 - 1949)

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Oakley Arthur Vincent Oakley

Jean Mathew Oakley

Brian Arthur Oakley

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Oakley Arthur Vincent Oakley

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Jean Mathew Oakley

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Wiley Oakley, Jr.

Louise Gallo & Nora Gallo Oakley

Thomas Benjamin Oakley, Jr.

Edith Evelyn Oakley 1927

ted stafford's Army Book, Kansas O & P surnames

Marie Belle Oakley Joyner

Bertha Mae Oakley

Christian Ave

Shore Rd

On Vacation

Connecticut State Capitol-

City Hall- Stamford,CT-1922

Oakley Family of Van Zandt county, Texas near Canton

James Madison Oakley

Dessie Oakley

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In 1937, in the year that Brian Arthur Oakley was born, 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.

In 1943, at the age of just 6 years old, Brian was alive when on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.

In 1945, he was only 8 years old when on August 15th, Imperial Japan announced its surrender. On September 2nd, a formal agreement of surrender was signed. Japan and nine other states signed the Japanese Instrument of Surrender in Tokyo Bay, calling for the return of all Allied prisoners of war and subordinating the authority of the emperor and the Japanese government to the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers. VJ (Victory in Japan) Day was celebrated in the United States on August 14th and 15th. World War II was over.

In 1949, in the year of Brian Arthur Oakley's passing, comedian Milton Berle hosted the first telethon show. It raised $1,100,000 for cancer research and lasted 16 hours. The next day, newspapers, in writing about the event, first used the word "telethon."