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Joseph Lamotta (1921 - 1968)

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Joseph Lamotta
1921 - 1968
Born
June 30, 1921
Death
September 1968
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Joseph Lamotta was born on June 30, 1921, and died at age 47 years old in September 1968. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Joseph Lamotta.
Updated: October 6, 2011
Biography ID: 17333746

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Joseph Lamotta passed away at age 47 years old in September 1968. Joseph Lamotta was born on June 30, 1921. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Joseph Lamotta.

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The average age of a Lamotta family member is 73.
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1921 - 1968 World Events

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In 1921, in the year that Joseph Lamotta was born, on November 11th, the first burial was held at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. The body of an unknown soldier - selected by Army Sgt. Edward F. Younger who was highly decorated for valor and received the Distinguished Service Cross in "The Great War" - was brought back from France (World War 1) and placed in the newly completed tomb. President Warren G. Harding officiated at the interment ceremonies.

In 1932, by the time he was just 11 years old, on February 27th, actress Elizabeth Taylor was born in London. Her parents were Americans living in London and when she was 7, the family moved to Los Angeles. Her first small part in a movie was in There's One Born Every Minute in 1942 but her first starring role was in National Velvet in 1944. She became as famous for her 8 marriages (to 7 people) as she was for her beauty and films.

In 1940, when he was 19 years old, on September 16th, the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, was enacted - the first peacetime draft in U.S. history. Men between 21 and 36 were required to register with their draft boards. When World War II began, men between 18 and 45 were subject to service and men up to 65 were required to register.

In 1957, Joseph was 36 years old when on October 4th, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I, the first man made earth-orbiting satellite - and triggered the Space Race. Sputnik I was only 23 inches in diameter and had no tracking equipment, only 4 antennas, but it had a big impact.

In 1968, in the year of Joseph Lamotta's passing, on April 4th, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the civil rights leader, was shot and killed by an assassin in Memphis. James Earl Ray was apprehended and plead guilty to shooting Dr. King. Ray died in jail in 1998.

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