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Eric Nelson
(1908 - 1960)
updated February 06, 2019
Eric Nelson was born on November 18, 1908. He died in January 1960 at 51 years old.
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Eric Nelson died in January 1960 at 51 years of age. He was born on November 18, 1908. We are unaware of information about Eric's family.
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1908 - 1960 World Events
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In 1908, in the year that Eric Nelson was born, unemployment in the U.S. was at 8.0% and the cost of a first-class stamp was 2 cents while the population in the United States was 88,710,000. The world population was almost 4.4 billion.
In 1919, when he was just 11 years old, in the summer and early autumn, race riots erupted in 26 U.S. cities, resulting in hundreds of deaths and even more people being badly hurt. In most cases, African-Americans were the victims. It was called the "Red Summer". Men who were returning from World War I needed jobs and there was competition for those jobs among the races. Tension was heightened by the use by many companies of blacks as strikebreakers.
In 1935, when he was 27 years old, on September 8th, Louisiana Senator Huey Long was shot by Dr. Carl Weiss. Weiss was shot and killed immediately by Long's bodyguards - Long died two days later from his injuries. Long had received many death threats previously, as well as threats against his family. He was a powerful and controversial figure in Louisiana politics (and probably gained power through multiple criminal acts). His opponents became frustrated with their attempts to oust him and Dr. Weiss was the son-in-law of one of those opponents. His funeral was attended by 200,000 mourners.
In 1945, Eric was 37 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.
In 1960, in the year of Eric Nelson's passing, on September 26th, the first televised debate for a Presidential campaign in the United States - Kennedy vs Nixon - was held. Seventy million people watched the debate on TV. The debate pre-empted the very popular Andy Griffith Show.
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Other Eric Nelsons
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around 1924 - Mar 29, 1941
around 1910 - May 15, 1942
around 1892 - Jan 29, 1918
Unknown - Jun 3, 1944
around 1925 - Unknown
around 1897 - Unknown
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Other Nelsons
Mar 7, 1920 - Jul 4, 1997
Jul 14, 1886 - September 1973
Oct 22, 1893 - March 1973
Jun 13, 1923 - Aug 20, 2008
Apr 29, 1905 - October 1984
May 19, 1923 - Feb 20, 2002
Mar 28, 1892 - February 1987
May 14, 1923 - May 13, 1993
Oct 20, 1924 - December 1973
Feb 23, 1923 - Oct 13, 1998
Oct 23, 1909 - Dec 16, 2002
May 31, 1901 - December 1984
Nov 15, 1923 - Sep 19, 1987
Jan 8, 1925 - Feb 17, 1999
Jul 3, 1910 - Dec 20, 1998
Nov 6, 1903 - April 1980
Feb 3, 1924 - July 1996
Jul 11, 1906 - Sep 17, 1999
Feb 14, 1919 - Jul 15, 2002
Mar 9, 1926 - March 1995
Other Bios
Sep 2, 1907 - Aug 7, 1997
Jul 23, 1921 - August 1993
Oct 20, 1901 - Mar 10, 1989
May 30, 1922 - February 1964
Jul 5, 1921 - Aug 5, 2000
May 23, 1926 - Apr 25, 2002
Aug 16, 1904 - Feb 27, 1988
Sep 7, 1912 - Feb 6, 2000
Jan 21, 1923 - Mar 18, 1992
Nov 10, 1889 - July 1978
Nov 6, 1914 - February 1987
Oct 14, 1925 - Oct 3, 1994
Mar 31, 1924 - Jun 9, 1998
Jun 20, 1924 - Jan 19, 1998
May 23, 1923 - Jul 25, 2009
Aug 27, 1925 - Mar 23, 2006
Feb 12, 1906 - December 1974
Jul 17, 1923 - Oct 27, 1995
Dec 23, 1906 - February 1963
Jul 14, 1916 - December 1974
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