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Genevieve Klawinski 1912 - 1980

Genevieve Klawinski (1912 - 1980)
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Genevieve Klawinski
Last Known Residence
San Diego, San Diego County, California 92131
Born
August 29, 1912
Death
October 1980
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Genevieve Klawinski of San Diego, San Diego County, California was born on August 29, 1912, and died at age 68 years old in October 1980.

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Genevieve Klawinski passed away at age 68 years old in October 1980. Genevieve Klawinski of San Diego, San Diego County, California was born on August 29, 1912.

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Genevieve Klawinski lived 5 years shorter than the average Klawinski family member when she died at the age of 68.
The average age of a Klawinski family member is 73.
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1912 - 1980 World Events

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In 1912, in the year that Genevieve Klawinski was born, New Mexico became the 47th state of the Union in January. Previously a province of Mexico, then a territory of the United States and mostly populated by Native Americans and Mexicans, once it became a U.S. territory it was increasingly colonized by European-American settlers. Its population was over 327,000 when it became a state.

In 1924, when she was just 12 years old, in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.

In 1951, by the time she was 39 years old, on April 5th, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg (husband and wife) were sentenced to death for treason. They were executed on June 19th. American citizens, they were convicted of spying for the Soviet Union. Their two young sons were adopted by a high school teacher and his wife.

In 1968, she was 56 years old when on January 31st, the North Vietnamese launched the Tet Offensive, a turning point in the Vietnam War. 70,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces swarmed into South Vietnam. The South Vietnamese and US troops held off the offensive but it was such fierce fighting that the U.S. public began to turn against the war.

In 1980, in the year of Genevieve Klawinski's passing, on December 8th, ex-Beatle John Lennon was shot and killed by Mark David Chapman in front of his home - the Dakota - in New York City. Chapman was found guilty of murder and still remains in jail.

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