George Murphy (1910 - 1980)

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Velda (Murphy) Tizzard

Velda (Murphy) Tizzard

Christopher Malcolm Murphy

Christopher Malcolm Murphy

Tyler John Murphy

Melissa Michelle Murphy

Matthew Robert Murphy

Dawn Michelle (LeFevre) Murphy

Dawn Michelle (LeFevre) Murphy

Sierra Elizabeth Murphy

Daniel W Murphy

Ollie Mae (Collins) Murphy-Strickland

Lloyd Calvin Murphy

Rodrigo "Rodrick" Perestrelo De Franca

John M Murphy

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In 1910, in the year that George Murphy was born, the Mexican revolution began. Dictator Porfirio Díaz had ruled for 35 years and was nationally unpopular. When elections were held in 1910 and a rigged election kept Diaz in office. The uprising began - and lasted for another 10 years.

In 1924, by the time he was merely 14 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 1961, at the age of 51 years old, George was alive when on January 20th, John F. Kennedy became the 35th President of the United States. He had previously been a U.S. Senator and a Congressman, both from the state of Massachusetts, as well as a Naval lieutenant in World War II.

In 1975, George was 65 years old when in January, Popular Mechanics featured the Altair 8800 on it's cover. The Altair home computer kit allowed consumers to build and program their own personal computers. Thousands were sold in the first month.

In 1980, in the year of George Murphy's passing, on April 24th, a rescue attempt was begun in the Iranian Hostage Crisis. The attempt failed and 8 US servicemen were killed. Eight helicopters had been sent for the mission, but only 5 arrived in operating condition., Since the military had advised that the mission be aborted if there were fewer than 6 helicopters, President Carter stopped it. Upon leaving, a helicopter collided with a transport plane and the men were killed.