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James D Forkner 1915 - 1998

James D Forkner of Nederland, Jefferson County, TX was born on June 12, 1915, and died at age 83 years old on October 9, 1998.
James D Forkner
Nederland, Jefferson County, TX 77627
June 12, 1915
October 9, 1998
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  • 06/12
    1915

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    June 12, 1915
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  • 10/9
    1998

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    October 9, 1998
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    James D Forkner lived 10 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 83.
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In 1915, in the year that James D Forkner was born, The Birth of a Nation opened in February. A silent film, it was the most ambitious film to date and is considered a classic. Three hours long, it starred Lillian Gish and was directed by D. W. Griffith. The movie was based on the book The Clansman and told the story of two families (one pro-Union and one pro-Confederate) and their relationship during the Civil War and Reconstruction. The KKK was shown as "a heroic force".
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In 1933, by the time he was 18 years old, the day after being inaugurated, the new President, Franklin Roosevelt, declared a four-day bank holiday to stop people from withdrawing their money from shaky banks (the bank run). Within 5 days of his administration, the Emergency Banking Act was passed - reorganizing banks and closing insolvent ones. In his first 100 days, he asked Congress to repeal Prohibition (which they did), signed the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, signed legislation that paid commodity farmers to leave their fields fallow, thus ending surpluses and boosting prices, signed a bill that gave workers the right to unionize and bargain collectively for higher wages and better working conditions as well as suspending some antitrust laws and establishing a federally funded Public Works Administration, and won passage of 12 other major laws that helped the economy.
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