Dawna (Popham) Schnur (born 1960)

Dawna's immediate relatives including parents, siblings, partnerships and children in the Schnur family tree.

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Dawna's Family

Virginia Lee (Hafenbrak) Popham

Unknown parent

Duane Popham Barbara Jean (Popham) Berlinger Dawna (Popham) Schnur

Edward L. Popham Brian Popham

Parents:

Virginia Lee (Hafenbrak) Popham

Apr 22, 1941 - Unknown

Siblings:

Edward L. Popham

Jul 9, 1957 - Unknown

Duane Popham

1959 - Unknown

Brian Popham

Unknown - Unknown

Barbara Jean (Popham) Berlinger

1962 - Unknown

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In 1960, in the year that Dawna (Popham) Schnur was born, on September 26th, the first televised debate for a Presidential campaign in the United States - Kennedy vs Nixon - was held. Seventy million people watched the debate on TV. The debate pre-empted the very popular Andy Griffith Show.

In 1975, on September 5th, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme tried to assassinate President Ford in Sacramento, California. She failed when her gun wouldn't fire. President Ford escaped a second assassination attempt 17 days later on September 22 when Sarah Jane Moore tried to shoot him in San Francisco. A bystander saw her raise her arm, grabbed it, and the shot went wild.

In 1980, on December 8th, ex-Beatle John Lennon was shot and killed by Mark David Chapman in front of his home - the Dakota - in New York City. Chapman was found guilty of murder and still remains in jail.

In 1994, on May 6th, the Channel Tunnel or "Chunnel" was officially opened. The Chunnel is a railway tunnel beneath the English Channel that connects Great Britain to mainland France. Original plans for such a tunnel were developed in 1802 and approved by Napoleon Bonaparte but the British rejected the plan fearing that Napoleon would use the railway to invade.

In 1995, on May 19th, the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil - before 9/11 - took place in Oklahoma City. A truck bomb went off outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown - killing 68 people, injuring more than 680 others, and destroying one-third of the building. The most disturbing images were of children - a daycare center was hit by the bomb. The deadliest incident of domestic terrorism ever, Timothy McVeigh, Terry Nichols, and Michael Fortier were convicted of the bombing.