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Douglas Howry 1920 - 1969

Douglas Howry (1920 - 1969)
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Douglas Howry
Born
February 25, 1920
Death
June 1969
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Douglas Howry was born on February 25, 1920, and died at age 49 years old in June 1969. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Douglas Howry.

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Douglas Howry passed away at age 49 years old in June 1969. Douglas Howry was born on February 25, 1920. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Douglas Howry.

Average Age & Life Expectancy

Douglas Howry lived 24 years shorter than the average Howry family member when he died at the age of 49.
The average age of a Howry family member is 73.
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1920 - 1969 World Events

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In 1920, in the year that Douglas Howry was born, the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote, passed both Houses of Congress and was sent to the States to ratify. In August, Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the Amendment and it became law eight days later. Mississippi ratified it in 1984.

In 1932, at the age of just 12 years old, Douglas was alive when five years to the day after Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic, Amelia Earhart flew solo from Newfoundland to Ireland, the first woman to cross the Atlantic solo and the first to replicate Lindbergh's feat. She flew over 2,000 miles in just under 15 hours.

In 1940, he was 20 years old when in July, Billboard published its first Music Popularity Chart. Top recordings of the year were Tommy Dorsey's "I'll Never Smile Again" (vocal Frank Sinatra) - 12 weeks at the top, Bing Crosby's "Only Forever" - 9 weeks at the top, and Artie Shaw's "Frenesi" - 12 weeks at the top.

In 1953, when he was 33 years old, actress and comedian Lucille Ball gave birth to Desi Arnaz, Jr on January 19th. On the same day on "I Love Lucy", the fictional Little Ricky was born as well. Baby Desi graced the cover of the first TV Guide magazine with a headline that read ""Lucy's $50,000,000 baby" - because the commercial revenue from his birth was expected to be that amount.

In 1969, in the year of Douglas Howry's passing, on July 20th, the first men walked on the moon. Apollo 11 astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. both walked on the moon but it was Armstrong who first stepped on the moon. They fulfilled the promise of President Kennedy's commitment in 1961 to put a man on the moon before the end of the decade.

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