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Eliza Gaughan (1885 - 1977)

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Eliza Gaughan
1885 - 1977
Born
August 31, 1885
Death
June 1977
Last Known Residence
Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky 40351
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Eliza Gaughan of Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky was born on August 31, 1885, and died at age 91 years old in June 1977.
Updated: November 4, 2011
Biography ID: 56638909

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Eliza Gaughan passed away at age 91 years old in June 1977. Eliza Gaughan of Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky was born on August 31, 1885.

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Eliza Gaughan lived 19 years longer than the average Gaughan family member when she died at the age of 91.
The average age of a Gaughan family member is 72.
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1885 - 1977 World Events

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In 1885, in the year that Eliza Gaughan was born, Germany's Karl Benz built the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, which had an internal combustion engine. It is considered to be the world's first automobile. The Benz cost $150 - just under $4,000 in today's money.

In 1896, she was just 11 years old when on January 28th, the first ticket for speeding - called "furious driving" - was issued. Walter Arnold of Kent England was fined 1 shilling plus costs - for going 8 mph. The speed limit was 2 mph.

In 1925, by the time she was 40 years old, in July, the Scopes Trial - often called the Scopes Monkey Trial - took place, prosecuting a substitute teacher for teaching evolution in school. Tennessee had enacted a law that said it was "unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school". William Jennings Bryan headed the prosecution and Clarence Darrow headed the defense. The teacher was found guilty and fined $100. An appeal to the Supreme Court of Tennessee upheld the law but overturned the guilty verdict.

In 1966, Eliza was 81 years old when on July 1st, Medicare became available after President Johnson signed into law the Medicare Act in 1965. President Truman had received the first Medicare card since he had been the first to propose national healthcare law. insurance.

In 1977, in the year of Eliza Gaughan's passing, 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.

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