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Catherine Y Thompson 1924 - 1997

Catherine Y Thompson of Des Moines, Polk County, IA was born on August 14, 1924, and died at age 72 years old on February 26, 1997.
Catherine Y Thompson
Des Moines, Polk County, IA 50314
August 14, 1924
February 26, 1997
Female
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Catherine Y Thompson's History: 1924 - 1997

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  • 08/14
    1924

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    August 14, 1924
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  • 02/26
    1997

    Death

    February 26, 1997
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In 1924, in the year that Catherine Y Thompson was born, in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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In 1940, she was 16 years old when on November 5th, President Franklin Roosevelt was elected to a third term, defeating Wendell Willkie of Indiana (a corporate lawyer). Roosevelt running for a third term was controversial. But the U.S. was emerging from the Great Recession and he promised that he would not involve the country in any foreign war (which of course changed when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor). Roosevelt defeated Willkie in the popular vote by 54.7 to 44.8% and in the Electoral College 449 to 82.
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