James Burton Ziegler (1920 - 1972)

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James Burton Ziegler & Evelyn Agnes (Taylor) Ziegler

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Judith Anne (Ziegler) Pons

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Evelyn Agnes (Taylor) Ziegler

Mar 3, 1923 - Oct 25, 2004

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Robert Harold Ziegler

Aug 5, 1941 - Apr 25, 2008

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Judith Anne (Ziegler) Pons

Aug 25, 1944 - Aug 1, 2010

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Photo contains: Left: William Nathaniel Ziegler, Middle: Loy Burton Ziegler, Right: James Burton Ziegler and in front of Loy Burton is Robert Howard Ziegler

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In 1920, in the year that James Burton Ziegler was born, Italian born factory worker Nicola Sacco and fish peddler Bartolomeo Vanzetti were picked up by police on May 5th in connection with the April 15th murder and robbery of a guard and a paymaster at the Slater and Morrill Shoe Company in South Braintree, Mass. Although in later years they were thought to be innocent, they were anarchists and were convicted of the crime and put to death.

In 1935, when he was only 15 years old, on August 14, the Social Security Act was signed into law. The purpose was to "provide federal assistance to those unable to work". The law established the Social Security Administration whose primary focus was to "provide aid for the elderly, the unemployed, and children". The Act survived many Supreme Court challenges and the Administration continues until today.

In 1942, by the time he was 22 years old, on November 28th at 10:15p, a nightclub in Boston, the Cocoanut Grove, caught fire. The origins of the fire are unknown but it killed 492 people - the deadliest nightclub fire in U.S. history. Hundreds more were injured. The disaster was so shocking that it replaced World War II in the headlines and lead to reforms in safety standards and codes.

In 1950, when he was 30 years old, on June 25th, the Korean War began when North Korean Communist forces crossed the 38th parallel. The Soviet Union and China backed North Korea and the U.N., primarily the United States backed South Korea.

In 1972, in the year of James Burton Ziegler's passing, on September 5th, the Palestinian terrorist group Black September, with the assistance of German neo-nazis, kidnapped and killed 11 Israeli athletes at the Olympic Games in Munich. The attackers crept into the Olympic Village and abducted the athletes while they were sleeping. A German policeman was also killed.