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Edith A Holcomb 1924 - 1997

Edith A Holcomb of Oroville, Butte County, CA was born on September 20, 1924, and died at age 72 years old on February 15, 1997.
Edith A Holcomb
Oroville, Butte County, CA 95965
September 20, 1924
February 15, 1997
Female
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  • 09/20
    1924

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    September 20, 1924
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  • 02/15
    1997

    Death

    February 15, 1997
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    Edith A Holcomb lived exactly as long as the average family member when died at the age of 72.
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In 1924, in the year that Edith A Holcomb 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 1945, Edith was 21 years old when on August 15th, Imperial Japan announced its surrender. On September 2nd, a formal agreement of surrender was signed. Japan and nine other states signed the Japanese Instrument of Surrender in Tokyo Bay, calling for the return of all Allied prisoners of war and subordinating the authority of the emperor and the Japanese government to the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers. VJ (Victory in Japan) Day was celebrated in the United States on August 14th and 15th. World War II was over.
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