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Dorothy Holmes 1924 - 1978

Dorothy Holmes of Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky was born on April 13, 1924, and died at age 54 years old in April 1978.
Dorothy Holmes
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky 40204
April 13, 1924
April 1978
Female
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Dorothy Holmes' History: 1924 - 1978

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  • 04/13
    1924

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    April 13, 1924
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  • 04/dd
    1978

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    April 1978
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    Dorothy Holmes lived 19 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 53.
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In 1924, in the year that Dorothy Holmes was born, in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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In 1933, at the age of merely 9 years old, Dorothy was alive when on March 4th, Franklin Delano Roosevelt became the 32nd President of the United States. He was elected four times (equaled by no other President) and guided the United States through the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and World War 2. His wife was his cousin Eleanor Roosevelt (Teddy Roosevelt's niece) who President Truman called "First Lady of the World". Some of the major programs that survive from his presidency are the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Wagner Act (The National Labor Relations Act of 1935) , the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Social Security.
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