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Charles R Thornton 1921 - 1999

Charles R Thornton of Salem, Marion County, OR was born on February 7, 1921, and died at age 78 years old on November 3, 1999.
Charles R Thornton
Salem, Marion County, OR 97303
February 7, 1921
November 3, 1999
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  • 02/7
    1921

    Birthday

    February 7, 1921
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    White, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Yamhill County, Oregon United States
  • Early Life & Education

    1 Year Of College
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 19145225 Enlisted: September 25, 1942 in Tacoma Washington Military branch: Air Corps Rank: Private, Army Of The United States - Includes The Following: Voluntary Enlistments Effective December 8, 1941 And Thereafter; One Year Enlistments Of National Guardsman Whose State Enlistment Expires While In The Federal Service; Officers Appointed In The Army Of The United States Under Army Regulations 605-10 Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For The Duration Of The War Or Other Emergency, Plus Six Months, Subject To The Discretion Of The President Or Otherwise According To Law
  • Professional Career

    Mechanics And Repairmen, Airplane
  • 11/3
    1999

    Death

    November 3, 1999
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
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In 1921, in the year that Charles R Thornton was born, in May, the Emergency Quota Act - or Emergency Immigration Act - was passed. The law restricted the number of immigrants to 357,000 per year. It also established an immigration quota in which only 3 per cent of the total population of any ethnic group already in the USA in 1910, could be admitted to America after 1921. Although the Act was supposed to be temporary, it stayed in effect until 1965.
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In 1933, when he was merely 12 years old, on December 5th, the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified. The 21st Amendment said "The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed." Alcohol was legal again! It was the only amendment to the Constitution approved for the explicit purpose of repealing a previously existing amendment. South Carolina was the only state to reject the Amendment.
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