Ernest Herbert Nordberg (1900 - 1985)

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Ernest's Family

Christina (Larsson) Nordberg

Ernst Wilhelm Nordberg

Clarence William Nordberg Ernest Herbert Nordberg

Ellen Christina Nordberg

Parents:

Christina (Larsson) Nordberg

Nov 17, 1863 - Mar 31, 1937

Ernst Wilhelm Nordberg

Unknown - Unknown

Siblings:

Ellen Christina Nordberg

Jul 17, 1896 - September 1974

Clarence William Nordberg

Jun 8, 1902 - Unknown

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Ernest Herbert Nordberg

Added: Dec 31, 2015

Ernest Herbert Nordberg

Added: Dec 31, 2015

Ernest Herbert Nordberg

Added: Dec 31, 2015

Ernest Herbert Nordberg

Added: Dec 31, 2015

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In 1900, in the year that Ernest Herbert Nordberg was born, the unemployment rate in the U.S. was 5.0% and the cost of a first-class stamp was $0.02. 31% of all workers were employed in the public service sector, 19% of women were employed (1 percent of all lawyers and 6 percent of physicians were women), 6% of the workforce were children, and 14% of the workforce was "non-white."

In 1922, by the time he was 22 years old, on December 6th, the Irish Free State, a self-governing dominion of the British Empire, was officially proclaimed. While establishing some independence for the people of Ireland, it did not create a fully independent Ireland and the fighting continued.

In 1964, by the time he was 64 years old, in June, three young civil rights workers - Andrew Goodman and Mickey Schwerner from New York City, and James Chaney from Meridian, Mississippi - were kidnapped and murdered in Mississippi. Working with "Freedom Summer", they were registering African-Americans to vote in the Southern states. Their bodies were found two months later. Although it was discovered that the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, the Neshoba County Sheriff's Office and the Philadelphia, Mississippi Police Department were involved, only 7 men were convicted and served less than six years.

In 1974, when he was 74 years old, on July 30th, the House Judiciary Committee adopted three articles of impeachment against President Nixon. He was charged with obstruction of justice, failure to uphold laws, and the refusal to produce material subpoenaed by the committee. In order to avoid impeachment, Richard M. Nixon announced that he would resign on August 8th, the first President to do so.

In 1985, in the year of Ernest Herbert Nordberg's passing, on March 7th, the song "We Are the World" was released as a charity effort to alleviate the African famine. The song was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, and produced by Quincy Jones. They were joined by 37 other famous singers in the recording studio and a phenomena had begun