Dolores Dee (King) Smothermon (1933 - 2008)

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Dolores's Family

John Henry (Cidon) King

Catherine Louise (Hamilton) King

Cidon B King Ira J King Dudley Darvin King Dolores Dee (King) Smothermon

Grady Fleming King Edna Mae (King) Johnson Walter Cleborn King

Parents:

John Henry (Cidon) King

May 4, 1881 - Jun 14, 1967

Catherine Louise (Hamilton) King

Sep 24, 1899 - May 25, 1987

Siblings:

Grady Fleming King

Dec 20, 1922 - Mar 12, 2009

Cidon B King

Nov 27, 1919 - Mar 29, 1995

Edna Mae (King) Johnson

Feb 22, 1927 - Mar 2, 2016

Ira J King

Aug 16, 1929 - Unknown

Walter Cleborn King

Aug 9, 1931 - Feb 17, 1978

Dudley Darvin King

May 2, 1940 - May 17, 1980

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In 1933, in the year that Dolores Dee (King) Smothermon was born, 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 The 21st Amendment said "The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed."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.

In 1947, when she was only 14 years old, on April 15th, Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers, playing first base. He was the first black man to play in the Major Leagues. Since the 1880's, professional baseball had been segregated and blacks played in the "Negro leagues". He went on to play for 10 years.

In 1958, she was 25 years old when on January 31st, Explorer I, the United States' answer to Sputnik I (and 2,) was launched. America had entered the Space Race. The first spacecraft to detect the Van Allen radiation belt, it remained in orbit until 1970.

In 1973, when she was 40 years old, in October, Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned - President Nixon nominated Gerald Ford for Vice President. Nixon's tax returns came under investigation. Nixon offered the recently discovered Oval Office tapes be heard by one person and summarized - his offer was rejected by the Special Prosecutor. Nixon ordered the Attorney General, then the assistant Attorney General, to fire the Special Prosecutor. Both refused and were fired. The Solicitor General became the acting Attorney General and fired the Special Prosecutor (the Saturday Night Massacre). Nixon releases some of the tapes, under extreme pressure because of the firings.

In 1980, Dolores was 47 years old when on April 24th, a rescue attempt was begun in the Iranian Hostage Crisis. The attempt failed and 8 US servicemen were killed. Eight helicopters had been sent for the mission, but only 5 arrived in operating condition., Since the military had advised that the mission be aborted if there were fewer than 6 helicopters, President Carter stopped it. Upon leaving, a helicopter collided with a transport plane and the men were killed.