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John Cromley 1895 - 1972

John Cromley (1895 - 1972)
Full legal name
John Cromley
Last Known Residence
West Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts 02132
Born
July 27, 1895
Death
November 1972
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John Cromley of West Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts was born on July 27, 1895, and died at age 77 years old in November 1972.

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West Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts 02132
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John Cromley passed away at age 77 years old in November 1972. John Cromley of West Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts was born on July 27, 1895.

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The average age of a Cromley family member is 76.
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1895 - 1972 World Events

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In 1895, in the year that John Cromley was born, on September 3rd, in Latrobe, PA, the first professional football game was played. The game was between the Latrobe YMCA and the Jeannette Athletic Club. Latrobe won 12 - 0.

In 1920, at the age of 25 years old, John was alive when 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 1947, by the time he was 52 years old, on April 15th, Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers, playing first base. He was the first black man to play in the Major Leagues. Since the 1880's, professional baseball had been segregated and blacks played in the "Negro leagues". He went on to play for 10 years.

In 1959, John was 64 years old when on August 8th, Hawaii became the 50th state of the United States. The US flag was changed to show 50 stars.

In 1972, in the year of John Cromley'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.

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