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Joel Sidney Torstenson 1912 - 2007

Joel Sidney Torstenson of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota was born on November 8, 1912, and died at age 94 years old on October 18, 2007.
Joel Sidney Torstenson
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota 55404
November 8, 1912
October 18, 2007
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  • 11/8
    1912

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    November 8, 1912
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  • 10/18
    2007

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    October 18, 2007
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In 1912, in the year that Joel Sidney Torstenson was born, in October, former President Theodore Roosevelt was shot, but not killed, while campaigning for another term as President with the newly created Bull Moose (Progressive) Party. John Schrank was a Bavarian-born saloon-keeper from New York who had been stalking Roosevelt when he shot him just before a campaign speech. Shot in the chest (and showing the audience his bloody shirt), Roosevelt went on to give a 55 to 90 minute talk (reports vary on the length) before being treated for the injury. After 8 days in the hospital, Roosevelt went back on the campaign trail.
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In 1928, he was 16 years old when aviatrix Amelia Earhart, age 31, became the first woman to fly solo across North America and back in August. In June, she had been part of a 3 man crew that flew the Atlantic Ocean but since she had no instrument training, she couldn't fly the plane - she kept the flight log. The North American flight became one of her many "firsts" as a female pilot.
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