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Grace W Mcgovern (1904 - 1996)
Grace W Mcgovern was born on September 25, 1904. She died on August 17, 1996 at 91 years of age. We know that Grace W Mcgovern had been residing in Lexington, Lauderdale County, Alabama 35648.
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Grace W Mcgovern died on August 17, 1996 at 91 years of age. She was born on September 25, 1904. We have no information about Grace's family or relationships. We know that Grace W Mcgovern had been residing in Lexington, Lauderdale County, Alabama 35648.
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1904 - 1996 World Events
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In 1904, in the year that Grace W Mcgovern was born, the first underground line of the New York City subway system opened. London's underground system was opened in 1863 and Boston opened one in 1897, but New York quickly became the largest system in the U.S. More than 100,000 people paid 5 cents to ride under Manhattan that first day.
In 1929, at the age of 25 years old, Grace was alive when on October 29th (Black Tuesday), the stock market crashed in the United States. Billions of dollars were lost and some investors committed suicide as a result, having lost their fortunes. This ushered in the 12 year, worldwide Great Depression.
In 1961, by the time she was 57 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 1979, she was 75 years old when on November 4th, Iranian militant students seized the US embassy in Teheran and held 52 American citizens and diplomats hostage for 444 days. They were released at the end of the inauguration speech of the newly elected Ronald Reagan.
In 1996, in the year of Grace W Mcgovern's passing, on April 3rd, Theodore Kaczynski (nicknamed the Unabomber) was arrested. His mailed or hand-delivered bombs, sent between 1978 and 1995, killed three people and injured 23 others. Diagnosed as suffering from paranoid schizophrenia, Kaczynski is serving 8 life sentences without the possibility of parole.
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