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Joseph Michael Stafford (1885 - 1949)
Joseph Michael Stafford was born in 1885. He was born to Stafford John Stafford and Alice Timms Stafford, and we currently have no other siblings in his family tree. He died in 1949 in Terang, Australia at age 64.
Joseph Michael Stafford Biography
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Joseph Michael Stafford
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Joseph Stafford died in in Terang, Australia
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Joseph Michael Stafford died in 1949 in Terang, Australia at age 64. He was born in 1885. He was born to Stafford John Stafford and Alice Timms Stafford, and we currently have no other siblings in his family tree.
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1885 - 1949 World Events
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In 1885, in the year that Joseph Michael Stafford was born, on June 17th, the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor. Two hundred thousand people and hundreds of boats greeted the statue. It had to be assembled but that had to wait until the pedestal was completed the following April.
In 1899, Joseph was only 14 years old when on February 4th, the Philippine–American War began. The Philippines objected to the Treaty of Paris, signed in 1898, that transferred possession of the Philippines from Spain to the U.S. Filipinos began a fight for independence and fighting between U.S. forces and those of the Philippine Republic broke out. On June 2nd, the Philippines officially declared war on the United States.
In 1908, when he was 23 years old, a mysterious Siberian explosion leveled over 770 square miles of forest. There were no human casualties. Explanations of the explosion have included a comet, meteorite, natural atomic explosion, or a crashed UFO. Although it is called an impact event - the largest one in recorded earth history - there is no crater and it is widely thought that the explosion was caused by a meteor exploding 3 to 6 miles above the earth.
In 1937, at the age of 52 years old, Joseph was alive when on May 6th, the German zeppelin the Hindenburg caught fire and blew up. The Hindenburg was a passenger ship traveling to Frankfurt Germany. It tried to dock in New Jersey, one of the stops, and something went wrong - it blew up. Thirty-six people were killed out of the 97 on board - 13 passengers, 22 crewmen, and one ground worker. The reasons for the explosion are still disputed.
In 1949, in the year of Joseph Michael Stafford's passing, on April 4th, NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was established. Twelve nations originally signed the North Atlantic Treaty - the United States, Great Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Iceland, Canada, and Portugal. Greece, Turkey, and West Germany later joined. Today, there are 26 nations in NATO.
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