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John Wilbert Ricks 1905 - 1973

John Wilbert Ricks of New York, New York County, NY was born on November 12, 1905, and died at age 67 years old on April 12, 1973. John Ricks was buried at Long Island National Cemetery Section 2R Site 5666 2040 Wellwood Avenue, in Farmingdale.
John Wilbert Ricks
New York, New York County, NY 10030
November 12, 1905
April 12, 1973
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  • 11/12
    1905

    Birthday

    November 12, 1905
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Navy Rank attained: 8115523 Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 04/12
    1973

    Death

    April 12, 1973
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    Long Island National Cemetery Section 2R Site 5666 2040 Wellwood Avenue, in Farmingdale, Ny 11735
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In 1905, in the year that John Wilbert Ricks was born, acclaimed dancer Isadora Duncan established the first school of modern dance in Berlin Germany. Isadora Duncan, born in San Francisco California, dedicated herself to the creation of beauty - through dance. Her focus on the movement of the human body rather than formal kinds of dance helped to give rise to the modern dance movement.
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In 1933, at the age of 28 years old, John was alive when 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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