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Gertrude Lansford (1910 - 1993)

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Gertrude Lansford
1910 - 1993
Born
November 7, 1910
Death
June 14, 1993
Last Known Residence
Norwich, New London County, Connecticut 06360
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Gertrude Lansford of Norwich, New London County, Connecticut was born on November 7, 1910, and died at age 82 years old on June 14, 1993.
Updated: October 3, 2011
Biography ID: 8101971

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Gertrude Lansford passed away at age 82 years old on June 14, 1993. Gertrude Lansford of Norwich, New London County, Connecticut was born on November 7, 1910.

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In 1910, in the year that Gertrude Lansford 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 1946, she was 36 years old when on July 4th, the Philippines gained independence from the United States. In 1964, Independence Day in the Philippines was moved from July 4th to June 12th at the insistence of nationalists and historians.

In 1970, Gertrude was 60 years old when on May 4th, four students at Kent State University in Ohio were shot and killed by National Guardsmen. The students were at a peaceful demonstration protesting the invasion of Cambodia by US forces. There had been precedent for the killing of American college students. The previous year, on May 15th, Alameda County Sheriffs used shotguns against U.C. Berkeley students at a protest for People's Park. One student died, one was blinded, 128 were injured.

In 1989, by the time she was 79 years old, on November 9th, the Berlin Wall fell. The Wall was built by the East Germans to keep East Berliners from escaping into West Berlin, separating families and friends. When the head of the East German Communist Party announced that day that East Berliners could cross whenever they pleased, happy crowds surged across the border. People brought tools and took parts of the hated wall.

In 1993, in the year of Gertrude Lansford's passing, on January 20th, William J. Clinton became the 42nd President of the United States. He beat incumbent George H.W. Bush who was seeking his second term. Clinton won 43.01% of the popular vote to Bush's 37.45%. An independent candidate, Ross Perot, won 18.91% - the most votes for an independent candidate since Teddy Roosevelt's run for President in 1912.

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