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Gene Handy 1921 - 1978

Gene Handy was born on November 19, 1921, and died at age 56 years old in January 1978. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Gene Handy.

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November 19, 1921

January 1978

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November 19, 1921

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January 1978

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Gene Handy lived 15 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 56.

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In 1921, in the year that Gene Handy was born, on March 4, Warren G. Harding became President. Previously a U.S. Senator, Lieutenant Governor, and Ohio State Senator, Harding was a popular President. But many scandals plagued his short administration (he died in office after 2 and a half years), including the revelations of one of his mistresses and the Teapot Dome scandal. Historically, Harding is rated as one of the worst Presidents.

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In 1943, Gene was 22 years old when on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.

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