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Hilda M Motas (1910 - 1996)

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Hilda M Motas
1910 - 1996
Born
September 14, 1910
Death
October 1, 1996
Last Known Residence
Santa Ana, Orange County, California 92701
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Hilda M Motas of Santa Ana, Orange County, California was born on September 14, 1910, and died at age 86 years old on October 1, 1996.
Updated: November 11, 2011
Biography ID: 85524508

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Hilda Motas passed away at age 86 years old on October 1, 1996. Hilda M Motas of Santa Ana, Orange County, California was born on September 14, 1910.

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Hilda M Motas lived 13 years longer than the average Motas family member when she died at the age of 86.
The average age of a Motas family member is 73.
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1910 - 1996 World Events

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In 1910, in the year that Hilda M Motas was born, Halley's comet, which returns past the earth every 75 - 76 years was observed photographically for the first time. Two fortuitous events occurred - photography had been invented since the last time the comet had passed and the comet was relatively close. There was panic because one astronomer claimed that the gas from its tail "would impregnate the atmosphere and possibly snuff out all life on the planet." People bought gas masks, "anti-comet pills" and "anti-comet umbrellas".

In 1944, when she was 34 years old, on December 16th, The Battle of the Bulge began in the Ardennes forest on the Western Front. Lasting for a little over a month, the battle began with a surprise attack by Germany on the Allied forces The U.S. suffered their highest casualties of any operation in World War II - 89,000 were casualties, around 8,600 killed - but Germany also severely depleted their resources and they couldn't be replaced.

In 1976, by the time she was 66 years old, on August 4th, a mysterious illness struck an American Legion convention in Philadelphia. Within a week, 25 people had died and 130 people had been hospitalized. It was the first known instance of what came to be called "Legionnaires Disease."

In 1980, at the age of 70 years old, Hilda was alive when 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.

In 1996, in the year of Hilda M Motas'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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