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John Murphy 1881 - 1969

John Murphy of Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, CA was born on May 20, 1881, and died at age 87 years old in January 1969.
John Murphy
Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, CA 95060
May 20, 1881
January 1969
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    1881

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    May 20, 1881
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    1969

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    January 1969
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    John Murphy lived 15 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 87.
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In 1881, in the year that John Murphy was born, on November 19th, a meteorite landed a few miles southwest of Odessa, Ukraine. According to one report: "About 7 o'clock one morning a bright and serpentine tail of fire was seen passing over the town by the inhabitants of Odessa, and M. Prendel, editor of one of the Odessa papers, surmising that the phenomenon betokened a fall of meteorites, offered a reward to any person who would bring him one. Three days afterward a gentleman of Grossliebental brought him one which had been found by a peasant who was nearly frightened out of his senses at its fall. It fell beside him while at work in his field and buried itself .55 meters (almost 2 ft) into the ground." The recovered piece was about 17.5 lbs.
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In 1934, at the age of 53 years old, John was alive when on July 22nd, gangster John Dillinger was killed in Chicago. His gang had robbed banks and police stations, among other charges, and he was being hunted by J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI - although many in the public saw him as a "Robin Hood". A madam from a brothel in which he was hiding became an informer for the FBI and, after a shootout with FBI agents, Dillinger was shot and died.
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