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Homer Matsis 1943 - 2008

Homer Matsis of Flushing, Queens County, NY was born on July 14, 1943, and died at age 64 years old on March 8, 2008.
Homer Matsis
Flushing, Queens County, NY 11355
July 14, 1943
March 8, 2008
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  • 07/14
    1943

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    July 14, 1943
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  • 03/8
    2008

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    March 8, 2008
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    Homer Matsis lived 12 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 64.
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In 1943, in the year that Homer Matsis was born, on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.
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In 1957, Homer was only 14 years old when on September 24th, the "Little Rock Nine" (nine African-American students) entered Little Rock High School. Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus had previously prevented the students from entering the school at the beginning of the term with the Arkansas National Guard - they blocked the door. President Eisenhower ordered federal troops - the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army - to guard the students and allow them entry.
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