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Dena Vriezen (1920 - 1980)

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Dena Vriezen
1920 - 1980
Born
January 28, 1920
Death
June 1980
Last Known Residence
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan 49508
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Dena Vriezen of Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan was born on January 28, 1920, and died at age 60 years old in June 1980.
Updated: November 4, 2011
Biography ID: 54796775

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Dena Vriezen passed away at age 60 years old in June 1980. Dena Vriezen of Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan was born on January 28, 1920.

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Dena Vriezen lived 18 years shorter than the average Vriezen family member when she died at the age of 60.
The average age of a Vriezen family member is 78.
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In 1920, in the year that Dena Vriezen was born, on January 1, over 6000 people were arrested and put in prison because they were suspected of being communists. . Many had to be released in a few weeks and only 3 guns were found in their homes. The U.S. Department of Justice "red hunt" netted thousands of "radicals" and suspected "communists" and aliens were deported. But the "hunt" ended after Attorney General Palmer forecast a massive radical uprising on May Day and the day passed without incident.

In 1934, she was only 14 years old when on November 11th 1933, an extremely strong dust storm hit South Dakota, stripping topsoil. Other strong dust storms had occurred during 1933. Severe droughts continued to hit the Great Plains and the dust storms devastated agricultural production as well as people's' lives for several years. The Roosevelt administration and scientists eventually determined that farming practices had caused the conditions that led to the dust storms and the changes they implemented in farming stopped the Dust Bowl.

In 1946, by the time she was 26 years old, on July 4th, the Philippines gained independence from the United States. In 1964, Independence Day in the Philippines was moved from July 4th to June 12th at the insistence of nationalists and historians.

In 1957, at the age of 37 years old, Dena was alive when on September 24th, the "Little Rock Nine" (nine African-American students) entered Little Rock High School. Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus had previously prevented the students from entering the school at the beginning of the term with the Arkansas National Guard - they blocked the door. President Eisenhower ordered federal troops - the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army - to guard the students and allow them entry.

In 1980, in the year of Dena Vriezen's passing, 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.

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