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Francis J Klawinski (1911 - 2006)

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Francis J Klawinski
1911 - 2006
Born
September 17, 1911
Death
April 24, 2006
Last Known Residence
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania 15227
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Francis J Klawinski of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania was born on September 17, 1911, and died at age 94 years old on April 24, 2006.
Updated: October 6, 2011
Biography ID: 21678341

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Francis Klawinski passed away at age 94 years old on April 24, 2006. Francis J Klawinski of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania was born on September 17, 1911.

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Francis J Klawinski lived 21 years longer than the average Klawinski family member when he died at the age of 94.
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In 1911, in the year that Francis J Klawinski was born, the first use of aircraft as an offensive weapon occurred in the Turkish-Italian War. First used for aerial reconnaissance alone, planes were then used in aerial combat to shoot down recon planes. In World War I, planes and zeppelins evolved for use in bombing.

In 1924, at the age of only 13 years old, Francis was alive when Macy's department store in New York held its first "Thanksgiving parade" on November 27th at 9a - during church services but leaving plenty of time to attend the big football game between Syracuse and Columbia universities. The parade was held as a way to promote the opening of the “World’s Largest Store” and its 1 million square feet of retail space in Manhattan’s Herald Square. The parade was 6 miles long and included floats, Macy's employees dressed as clowns, cowboys, and sword-wielding knights, and animals from Central Park Zoo. Santa Claus, of course, brought up the rear - opening the Christmas shopping season for Macy's.

In 1947, at the age of 36 years old, Francis was alive when on April 15th, Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers, playing first base. He was the first black man to play in the Major Leagues. Since the 1880's, professional baseball had been segregated and blacks played in the "Negro leagues". He went on to play for 10 years.

In 1986, at the age of 75 years old, Francis was alive when on January 28th, the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after launch. All seven crew members died. The cause of the explosion was later found to be a failed O-ring. The O-ring failure was due to the unusually cold conditions at Cape Canaveral.

In 1997, when he was 86 years old, on July 1st, Hong Kong was returned to China. In 1898, Great Britain was awarded Hong Kong for 99 years. In a subsequent agreement, China agreed to allow Hong Kong to remain capitalist. So the handing over of the area ended British rule but did not change the economic system of Hong Kong.

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