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Ethel Lay 1881 - 1971

Ethel Lay (1881 - 1971)
Full legal name
Ethel Lay
Last Known Residence
Whitefield, Coos County, New Hampshire 03598
Born
December 11, 1881
Death
February 1971
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Ethel Lay of Whitefield, Coos County, New Hampshire was born on December 11, 1881, and died at age 89 years old in February 1971.

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Whitefield, Coos County, New Hampshire 03598
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Ethel Lay passed away at age 89 years old in February 1971. Ethel Lay of Whitefield, Coos County, New Hampshire was born on December 11, 1881.

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Ethel Lay lived 18 years longer than the average Lay family member when she died at the age of 89.
The average age of a Lay family member is 71.
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1881 - 1971 World Events

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In 1881, in the year that Ethel Lay was born, on May 21st, Clara Barton, a nurse, founded the American Red Cross. She was inspired by the Red Cross in Geneva Switzerland and the International Red Cross.

In 1891, Ethel was only 10 years old when on June 25th, in the July issue of The Strand Magazine in London, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's character Sherlock Holmes appeared in a series of short stories for the first time. Doyle eventually wrote 4 novels and 56 short stories with Holmes as the main character.

In 1921, when she was 40 years old, the silent film The Sheik, directed by George Melford and starring Rudolph Valentino and Agnes Ayres (also featuring Adolphe Menjou) debuted on October 21st. Critics weren't enthusiastic but the public loved it - in the first few weeks 125,000 people had seen the movie - and it eventually exceeded $1 million in ticket sales. And Rudolph Valentino, an Italian American, became the heartthrob of a female generation.

In 1945, she was 64 years old when on June 22nd, the Battle of Okinawa ended. A joint Army and Marine campaign, supported by the Navy, the Battle of Okinawa went on for 82 days. The last Japanese resistance on Okinawa was defeated. 4,907 Navy, 4,675 Army, and 2,938 Marine Corps personnel were killed in the battle on the US side. It is estimated that 110,071 on the Japanese side were killed - the estimate includes Okinawan citizens who were pressed into service and includes children. With the win of Okinawa, the United States gained an important base of operations in the Pacific.

In 1971, in the year of Ethel Lay's passing, in March, Congress passed the Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which lowered the voting age to 18 (from 21). It was a response to the criticism that men could fight at 18, but not vote for the policies and politicians who sent them to war. The states quickly ratified the Amendment and it was signed into law on July 1st by President Richard Nixon.

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