Earnest Wilkins (1944 - 1996)

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Adam Jefferson Wilkins

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Nancy Elizabeth (Blackburrn) Wilkins

Alexander Hamilton WIlkins

Anna Luvica (Spangler) Wilkins

Andrew William Wilkins

Mamie Elizabeth (Wilkins) Adams

Mamie Elizabeth Wilkins Adams

Alice Wilkins & Alice Schubel Michigan 1913

Cindy, Lisa, Susan, & Sandy Lagun

Williams, Wilson, Wilkins, Wagner, Warstler, Wells; Kansas

G.T. Wilkins, Photographer Ft. Collins, CO

G.T. Wilkins, Photographer, Fort Collins, Co.

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In 1944, in the year that Earnest Wilkins was born, on November 7th, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was reelected to a fourth term as President of the United States. Running against Thomas Dewey, Governor of New York, Roosevelt won 53.4 of the popular vote, Dewey got 45.9%.

In 1959, he was merely 15 years old when on August 8th, Hawaii became the 50th state of the United States. The US flag was changed to show 50 stars.

In 1967, at the age of 23 years old, Earnest was alive when on October 2nd, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first black US Supreme Court justice. Marshall was the great-grandson of a slave and graduated first in his class at Howard University Law School. His nomination to the Supreme Court was approved by the Senate, 69 to 11.

In 1971, when he was 27 years old, in March, Intel shipped the first microprocessor to Busicom, a Japanese manufacturer of calculators. The microprocessor has since allowed computers to become smaller and faster, leading to smaller and more versatile handheld devices, home computers, and supercomputers.

In 1996, in the year of Earnest Wilkins's passing, on July 5th, the first cloned mammal - "Dolly the Sheep" - was born in Scotland. She had three mothers. Dolly lived to be 6 years old and produced 6 lambs. Since, other sheep have been cloned as well as horses, pigs, deer, and bulls.