Carl B Shepherd (1901 - 1988)

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Carl Eklund Shepherd

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Carl Eklund Shepherd

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Carl Thane Shepherd

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Carl Thane Shepherd

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Carl Thane Shepherd

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Carl Thane Shepherd

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Carl Thane Shepherd

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Carl Thane Shepherd

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Carl Thane Shepherd Gravesite

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Shepherd family

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Joseph Henry Shepherd

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James Lee Shepherd gravesite

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Mary (Wingler) Shepherd

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Dorie Osborne & Artie Shepherd

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Artie Clark Shepherd, Virginia

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In 1901, in the year that Carl B Shepherd was born, shortly after beginning his second term, President McKinley was assassinated by the self proclaimed anarchist Leon Czolgosz. The last President to have served in the Civil War - he began as a private and ended the war as a brevet major - McKinley was a Republican. First elected in 1896, he was re-elected in 1900. Six months after the swearing in, McKinley was shot - and died of the gangrene that set in as a result.

In 1939, by the time he was 38 years old, on the 1st of September, Nazi Germany invaded Poland. On September 17th, the Soviet Union invaded Poland as well. Poland expected help from France and the United Kingdom, since they had a pact with both. But no help came. By October 6th, the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany held full control of the previously Polish lands. Eventually, the invasion of Poland lead to World War II.

In 1948, at the age of 47 years old, Carl was alive when on January 30th, Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in New Delhi by a member of a Hindu nationalist party who thought that Gandhi was too accommodating to Muslims. The man, Nathuram Godse, shot Gandhi 3 times. He died immediately. The shooter was tried, convicted, and hung in November 1949.

In 1976, he was 75 years old when The United States celebrated the Bicentennial of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. It was a year long celebration, with the biggest events taking place on July 4th.

In 1988, in the year of Carl B Shepherd's passing, on December 16th, 1988 the popular film Rain Man was released. Featuring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise. this film brought attention to autistic savants and was based on the "megasavant" Laurence Kim Peek. The film would later go to win four Oscars including Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Director and Best Actor in a Leading Role.