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Geraldine H Gowan (1925 - 2001)

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Geraldine H Gowan
1925 - 2001
Born
December 18, 1925
Death
March 4, 2001
Last Known Residence
Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts 02780
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Geraldine H Gowan of Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts was born on December 18, 1925, and died at age 75 years old on March 4, 2001.
Updated: October 3, 2011
Biography ID: 6313823

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Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts 02780
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Geraldine Gowan passed away at age 75 years old on March 4, 2001. Geraldine H Gowan of Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts was born on December 18, 1925.

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Geraldine H Gowan lived 3 years longer than the average Gowan family member when she died at the age of 75.
The average age of a Gowan family member is 72.
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1925 - 2001 World Events

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In 1925, in the year that Geraldine H Gowan was born, in July, the Scopes Trial - often called the Scopes Monkey Trial - took place, prosecuting a substitute teacher for teaching evolution in school. Tennessee had enacted a law that said it was "unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school". William Jennings Bryan headed the prosecution and Clarence Darrow headed the defense. The teacher was found guilty and fined $100. An appeal to the Supreme Court of Tennessee upheld the law but overturned the guilty verdict.

In 1961, when she was 36 years old, on August 13th, East Germany began erection of what would become the Berlin Wall between East and West Berlin. In one day, they installed barbed wire entanglements and fences (called Barbed Wire Sunday in Germany). On August 17th, the first concrete elements and large blocks were put in place.

In 1974, at the age of 49 years old, Geraldine was alive when on February 5th, Patty Hearst, age 19 - granddaughter of William Randolph Hearst and daughter of publisher of the San Francisco Examiner Randolph Hearst - was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army, a left wing terrorist group. She was found, alive, 19 months later.

In 1989, when she was 64 years old, on January 20th, George Herbert Walker Bush became the 41st President of the United States. Previously Ronald Regan's Vice President, he ran against Michael Dukakis and won the popular vote by 53.4% to 45.6%.

In 1994, at the age of 69 years old, Geraldine was alive when on May 6th, former political prisoner, lawyer, and activist Nelson Mandela was elected the first black President of South Africa. He was 75 when he was elected and he served one five-year term.

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