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Jan Gladdon 1920 - 2008

Jan Gladdon of Joppa, Harford County, MD was born on March 21, 1920, and died at age 88 years old on April 12, 2008.
Jan Gladdon
Joppa, Harford County, MD 21085
March 21, 1920
April 12, 2008
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  • 03/21
    1920

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    March 21, 1920
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  • 04/12
    2008

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    April 12, 2008
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    Jan Gladdon lived 5 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 88.
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In 1920, in the year that Jan Gladdon was born, on January 1, over 6000 people were arrested and put in prison because they were suspected of being communists. . Many had to be released in a few weeks and only 3 guns were found in their homes. The U.S. Department of Justice "red hunt" netted thousands of "radicals" and suspected "communists" and aliens were deported. But the "hunt" ended after Attorney General Palmer forecast a massive radical uprising on May Day and the day passed without incident.
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In 1938, Jan was 18 years old when on October 30th, a Sunday, The Mercury Theatre on the Air broadcast Orson Welles' special Halloween show The War of the World's. A clever take on H.G. Wells' novel, the show began with simulated "breaking news" of an invasion by Martians. Because of the realistic nature of the "news," there was a public outcry the next day, calling for regulation by the FCC. Although the current story is that many were fooled and panicked, in reality very few people were fooled. But the show made Orson Welles' career.
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