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Harold Backman (1920 - 1980)

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Harold Backman
1920 - 1980
Born
December 4, 1920
Death
July 1980
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Harold Backman was born on December 4, 1920, and died at age 59 years old in July 1980. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Harold Backman.
Updated: October 3, 2011
Biography ID: 10078833

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Harold Backman passed away at age 59 years old in July 1980. Harold Backman was born on December 4, 1920. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Harold Backman.

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Harold Backman lived 15 years shorter than the average Backman family member when he died at the age of 59.
The average age of a Backman family member is 74.
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1920 - 1980 World Events

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In 1920, in the year that Harold Backman was born, on January 1, over 6000 people were arrested and put in prison because they were suspected of being communists. . Many had to be released in a few weeks and only 3 guns were found in their homes. The U.S. Department of Justice "red hunt" netted thousands of "radicals" and suspected "communists" and aliens were deported. But the "hunt" ended after Attorney General Palmer forecast a massive radical uprising on May Day and the day passed without incident.

In 1937, he was 17 years old when on May 28th, the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge opened to cars. Taking 5 years to build, the 4,200-foot-long suspension bridge was an engineering marvel of its time - 11 men died during construction. The "international orange" color was chosen because it resisted rust and fading. To the present, it is the symbol of the City that is known throughout the world.

In 1945, by the time he was 25 years old, on April 12th, President Roosevelt died of natural causes and Harry S. Truman, his Vice-President, became the 33rd President of the United States.

In 1952, he was 32 years old when on February 6th, George VI of England died from a coronary thrombosis and complications due to lung cancer. His eldest daughter, age 25, immediately ascended the throne as Elizabeth II and her coronation was on June 2 1953.

In 1980, in the year of Harold Backman's passing, on December 8th, ex-Beatle John Lennon was shot and killed by Mark David Chapman in front of his home - the Dakota - in New York City. Chapman was found guilty of murder and still remains in jail.

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