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George Smith
(1902 - 1970)
updated February 06, 2019
George Smith was born on July 6, 1902. He died in April 1970 at 67 years of age. We know that George Smith had been residing in Kermit, Winkler County, Texas 79745.
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George Smith died in April 1970 at 67 years of age. He was born on July 6, 1902. We have no information about George's family or relationships. We know that George Smith had been residing in Kermit, Winkler County, Texas 79745.
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1902 - 1970 World Events
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In 1902, in the year that George Smith was born, the world famous Italian tenor, Enrico Caruso, made the first gramophone recording by a popular singer. Accompanied by only a piano, his voice recordings became a big seller and did much to popularize the new-fangled gramophone. He had to sing into a metal "horn" that relayed his voice to a metal disc. And the songs had to be under 4 and a half minutes!
In 1912, he was merely 10 years old when Arizona was admitted to the United States in February (on Valentine's Day). It became the 48th state in the Union. Previously a Spanish - then Mexican - territory, the U.S. paid $15 million dollars for the area in 1848. Arizona was the last of the contiguous states to be admitted to the United States.
In 1938, George was 36 years old when on June 25th (a Saturday) the Fair Labor Standards Act was signed into law by President Roosevelt (along with 120 other bills). The Act banned oppressive child labor, set the minimum hourly wage at 25 cents, and established the maximum workweek at 44 hours. It faced a lot of opposition and in fighting for it, Roosevelt said "Do not let any calamity-howling executive with an income of $1,000 a day, ...tell you...that a wage of $11 a week is going to have a disastrous effect on all American industry."
In 1943, he was 41 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.
In 1970, in the year of George Smith's passing, on April 10th, Paul McCartney announced that he was leaving the Beatles. (John Lennon had previously told the band that he was leaving but hadn't publicly announced it.) By the end of the year, each Beatle had his own album.
Other Biographies
Other George Smiths
Unknown - Unknown
Unknown - 1989
Dec 24, 1892 - Jul 28, 1966
Unknown - Unknown
Dec 18, 1840 - 1903
Unknown - Unknown
Unknown - Aug 6, 1915
Unknown - Sep 18, 1918
around 1899 - Oct 22, 1918
around 1921 - Apr 1, 1942
around 1913 - Feb 10, 1942
around 1896 - May 24, 1918
around 1892 - May 31, 1916
around 1915 - May 27, 1942
around 1923 - Jul 13, 1944
Unknown - Nov 21, 1940
1892 - Jul 3, 1916
around 1886 - Aug 23, 1914
around 1876 - Nov 22, 1940
around 1873 - Aug 31, 1944
Other Smiths
May 22, 1912 - March 1989
Mar 8, 1921 - Mar 17, 2008
Jul 20, 1911 - Feb 9, 1999
Oct 20, 1921 - Jul 21, 2004
Jul 26, 1905 - November 1983
Jul 13, 1908 - May 24, 1995
Apr 27, 1898 - January 1982
Aug 23, 1918 - May 1979
Apr 2, 1920 - Apr 13, 2007
Nov 19, 1920 - Oct 26, 2009
Nov 4, 1920 - Jan 24, 1999
Dec 16, 1920 - September 1981
Dec 17, 1920 - Feb 8, 2007
Sep 26, 1915 - Nov 15, 1988
Mar 6, 1920 - Aug 4, 1997
Mar 27, 1920 - July 1975
Dec 19, 1917 - Jan 16, 2007
Dec 31, 1920 - Oct 5, 2000
Mar 11, 1906 - Apr 22, 2005
Jul 6, 1920 - Oct 12, 1992
Other Bios
Dec 24, 1920 - Jun 15, 2001
Jul 11, 1918 - Apr 21, 2005
Oct 31, 1920 - Jun 15, 1999
Oct 1, 1919 - Jun 7, 2001
Nov 21, 1911 - Feb 13, 2004
Dec 3, 1905 - May 1946
Jan 18, 1915 - January 1980
Sep 26, 1919 - July 1990
Dec 11, 1919 - Sep 29, 2003
Jul 12, 1907 - October 1970
Sep 8, 1919 - Nov 24, 1990
Jul 9, 1914 - September 1982
May 21, 1892 - May 1974
Sep 25, 1919 - October 1979
Nov 8, 1900 - Jun 17, 1991
Dec 25, 1880 - August 1965
Mar 6, 1917 - January 1975
Sep 15, 1922 - April 1987
Mar 28, 1921 - Nov 23, 1990
Jul 20, 1921 - Jan 15, 2008
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