Dorothy Jacobs (1937 - 1987)

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Joe & Jill Biden in mid 1970s

1st Cousins - Daniel & Laynie

Joyce Vandever with grandchildren Daniel & Laynie

Livingston Lionel Jacobs

Louis Jacobs

Mary Jacobs

Mary P (Oxendine) Jacobs

Jacques Jacob

Maud Edith Jacobs Krushka

Ruth Engel

Annie (Jacobs) Doss

John Fritz (center)

Anna Tisserand Fritz

Gertrude Gertie D. Fritz

Marie (Tisserand) Jacobs

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In 1937, in the year that Dorothy Jacobs was born, on May 28th, the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge opened to cars. Taking 5 years to build, the 4,200-foot-long suspension bridge was an engineering marvel of its time - 11 men died during construction. The "international orange" color was chosen because it resisted rust and fading. To the present, it is the symbol of the City that is known throughout the world.

In 1944, when she was merely 7 years old, on June 6th, the largest amphibious invasion in history was launched - the Normandy landing (called D-Day). Soldiers from the United States, Britain, Canada, and the Free French landed on Normandy Beach and were later joined by Poland, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Greece, and the Netherlands. Almost 5,000 landing and assault craft, 289 escort vessels, and 277 minesweepers were involved. Nearly 160,000 troops crossed the English Channel on D-Day - Allied casualties on the first day were at least 10,000. 4,414 were confirmed dead.

In 1958, she was 21 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 1961, by the time she was 24 years old, on January 20th, John F. Kennedy became the 35th President of the United States. He had previously been a U.S. Senator and a Congressman, both from the state of Massachusetts, as well as a Naval lieutenant in World War II.

In 1987, in the year of Dorothy Jacobs's passing, was the first time that a criminal in the United States - a serial rapist - was convicted through the use of DNA evidence.