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Erich Gottesmann (1918 - 2005)

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Erich Gottesmann
1918 - 2005
Born
February 24, 1918
Death
December 21, 2005
Last Known Residence
Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California 90807
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Erich Gottesmann of Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California was born on February 24, 1918, and died at age 87 years old on December 21, 2005.
Updated: November 12, 2011
Biography ID: 90025360

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Erich Gottesmann passed away at age 87 years old on December 21, 2005. Erich Gottesmann of Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California was born on February 24, 1918.

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Erich Gottesmann lived 7 years longer than the average Gottesmann family member when he died at the age of 87.
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1918 - 2005 World Events

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In 1918, in the year that Erich Gottesmann was born, federal spending was $12.68 billion, unemployment was 1.4% and the cost of a first-class stamp was 3 cents.

In 1934, at the age of 16 years old, Erich was alive when on November 11th 1933, an extremely strong dust storm hit South Dakota, stripping topsoil. Other strong dust storms had occurred during 1933. Severe droughts continued to hit the Great Plains and the dust storms devastated agricultural production as well as people's' lives for several years. The Roosevelt administration and scientists eventually determined that farming practices had caused the conditions that led to the dust storms and the changes they implemented in farming stopped the Dust Bowl.

In 1954, by the time he was 36 years old, from April 22 through June 17th, the Army v. McCarthy hearings were held. The U.S. Army accused Roy Cohn (chief counsel to Senator McCarthy and later trusted mentor of Donald Trump) of blackmail. McCarthy and Cohn accused the U.S. Army of harboring communists. The Army allegations were found to be true. The U.S. Senate later censured McCarthy.

In 1972, Erich was 54 years old when on November 7th, Richard Nixon won re-election, amidst the dawning knowledge of the Watergate scandal, by 60.7% to anti-war candidate George McGovern's 37.5%.

In 1982, Erich was 64 years old when 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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