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Helen Wirkus 1920 - 1995

Helen Wirkus of Trumbull, Fairfield County, CT was born on May 15, 1920, and died at age 74 years old on February 10, 1995.
Helen Wirkus
Trumbull, Fairfield County, CT 06611
May 15, 1920
February 10, 1995
Female
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  • 05/15
    1920

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    May 15, 1920
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  • 02/10
    1995

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    February 10, 1995
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    Helen Wirkus lived 2 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 74.
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In 1920, in the year that Helen Wirkus was born, the Volstead Act became law. Formally called the National Prohibition Act, the Volstead Act enabled law enforcement agencies to carry out the 18th Amendment. It said that "no person shall manufacture, sell, barter, transport, import, export, deliver, or furnish any intoxicating liquor except as authorized by this act" and defined intoxicating liquor as any beverage containing more than 0.5% alcohol by volume.
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In 1934, at the age of just 14 years old, Helen was alive when on July 22nd, gangster John Dillinger was killed in Chicago. His gang had robbed banks and police stations, among other charges, and he was being hunted by J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI - although many in the public saw him as a "Robin Hood". A madam from a brothel in which he was hiding became an informer for the FBI and, after a shootout with FBI agents, Dillinger was shot and died.
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