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Elaine Sellman 1937 - 1982

Elaine Sellman (1937 - 1982)
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Elaine Sellman
Born
September 11, 1937
Death
July 1982
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Elaine Sellman was born on September 11, 1937, and died at age 44 years old in July 1982. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Elaine Sellman.

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Elaine Sellman passed away at age 44 years old in July 1982. Elaine Sellman was born on September 11, 1937. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Elaine Sellman.

Average Age & Life Expectancy

Elaine Sellman lived 28 years shorter than the average Sellman family member when she died at the age of 44.
The average age of a Sellman family member is 72.
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1937 - 1982 World Events

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In 1937, in the year that Elaine Sellman was born, on May 6th, the German zeppelin the Hindenburg caught fire and blew up. The Hindenburg was a passenger ship traveling to Frankfurt Germany. It tried to dock in New Jersey, one of the stops, and something went wrong - it blew up. Thirty-six people were killed out of the 97 on board - 13 passengers, 22 crewmen, and one ground worker. The reasons for the explosion are still disputed.

In 1943, when she was only 6 years old, on March 31st, the Broadway musical Oklahoma! opened. Written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II (the first of their string of successful collaborations), audiences loved it. The musical ran for 2,212 performances originally and was made into a movie in 1954.

In 1959, she was 22 years old when on January 3rd, Alaska became the 49th state of the United States and the first state not a part of the contiguous United States. The flag was changed to display 49 stars.

In 1977, she was 40 years old when on January 21st, President Carter pardoned "draft dodgers" - men who avoided the draft during the Vietnam War. He fulfilled a campaign promise with the pardon. But it only applied to civilian evaders - the estimated 500,000 to 1 million active-duty personnel who went AWOL were not included.

In 1982, in the year of Elaine Sellman's passing, on June 30th, time ran out on the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). The Amendment had only received 35 of the necessary 38 state ratifications. First sent to the states in 1972, the Amendment stated that "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex".

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