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Francoise Valcourt (1890 - 1978)

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Francoise Valcourt
1890 - 1978
Born
December 5, 1890
Death
October 1978
Last Known Residence
Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island 02864
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Francoise Valcourt of Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island was born on December 5, 1890, and died at age 87 years old in October 1978.
Updated: November 2, 2011
Biography ID: 49463842

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Francoise Valcourt passed away at age 87 years old in October 1978. Francoise Valcourt of Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island was born on December 5, 1890.

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Francoise Valcourt lived 18 years longer than the average Valcourt family member when she died at the age of 87.
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In 1890, in the year that Francoise Valcourt was born, on October 9th, in Satory, France, the first fixed-wing, steam powered aircraft flew. "Ader Éole" flew, uncontrolled, for about 160 ft. at a height of just under 8 inches off the ground.

In 1903, by the time she was only 13 years old, two brothers, Orville and Wilbur Wright, flew the first powered heavier-than-air plane. They flew 4 times in one day - the longest flight lasting 59 seconds and a little over 852 feet. While the brothers had notified several newspapers of their attempt, only one - a local paper - covered it. After their 4th flight, a gust of wind caught the plane, turned it over, and totaled it.

In 1935, she was 45 years old when on August 14, the Social Security Act was signed into law. The purpose was to "provide federal assistance to those unable to work". The law established the Social Security Administration whose primary focus was to "provide aid for the elderly, the unemployed, and children". The Act survived many Supreme Court challenges and the Administration continues until today.

In 1947, Francoise was 57 years old when in June, the Marshall Plan was proposed to help European nations recover economically from World War II. It passed the conservative Republican Congress in March of 1948. After World War I, the economic devastation of Germany caused by burdensome reparations payments led to the rise of Hitler. The Allies didn't want this to happen again and the Marshall Plan was devised to make sure that those conditions didn't arise again.

In 1978, in the year of Francoise Valcourt's passing, on November 18th, Jim Jones's Peoples Temple followers committed mass suicide in Jonestown, Guyana - where they had moved, from San Francisco, as a group. Jones was the leader of the cult and ordered his followers to drink cyanide-laced punch, which they did. Whole families (women and children included) died - more than 900 people in all.

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