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Dorothy A Kavanagh (1911 - 1994)

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Dorothy A Kavanagh
1911 - 1994
Born
November 1, 1911
Death
November 11, 1994
Last Known Residence
Sarasota, Sarasota County, Florida 34242
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Dorothy A Kavanagh of Sarasota, Sarasota County, Florida was born on November 1, 1911, and died at age 83 years old on November 11, 1994.
Updated: October 1, 2011
Biography ID: 2869629

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Dorothy Kavanagh passed away at age 83 years old on November 11, 1994. Dorothy A Kavanagh of Sarasota, Sarasota County, Florida was born on November 1, 1911.

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Dorothy A Kavanagh lived 15 years longer than the average Kavanagh family member when she died at the age of 83.
The average age of a Kavanagh family member is 68.
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1911 - 1994 World Events

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In 1911, in the year that Dorothy A Kavanagh was born, the Triangle Shirtwaist fire occurred, one of the deadliest industrial disasters in U.S. history. 146 workers (123 women and 23 men, many of them recent Jewish and Italian immigrants) died from the fire or by jumping to escape the fire and smoke. The garment factory was on the 8th, 9th, and 10th floors of a building in Greenwich Village in Manhattan. Doors to stairwells and exits had been locked in order to prevent workers from taking unauthorized breaks and to prevent theft, so they couldn't escape by normal means when the fire broke out. Due to the disaster, legislation was passed to protect sweatshop workers.

In 1941, Dorothy was 30 years old when on December 7th, the Japanese attacked the military base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The surprise aerial attack damaged 8 U.S. battleships (6 later returned to service), including the USS Arizona, and destroyed 188 aircraft. 2,402 American citizens died and 1,178 wounded were wounded. On December 8th, the U.S. declared war on Japan and on December 11th, Germany and Italy (allies of Japan) declared war on the United States. World War II was in full swing.

In 1960, by the time she was 49 years old, on May 1st, an American CIA U-2 spy plane, piloted by Francis Gary Powers, was shot down by a surface-to-air missile over the Soviet Union. Powers ejected and survived but was captured. The U.S. claimed that the U-2 was a "weather plane" but Powers was convicted in the Soviet Union of espionage. He was released in 1962 after 1 year, 9 months and 10 days in prison.

In 1985, when she was 74 years old, on March 7th, the song "We Are the World" was released as a charity effort to alleviate the African famine. The song was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, and produced by Quincy Jones. They were joined by 37 other famous singers in the recording studio and a phenomena had begun

In 1994, in the year of Dorothy A Kavanagh's passing, 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.

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