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Josephine C Thornton 1922 - 2009

Josephine C Thornton of Washington, District of Columbia County, DC was born on April 30, 1922, and died at age 87 years old on November 23, 2009.
Josephine C Thornton
Washington, District of Columbia County, DC 20037
April 30, 1922
November 23, 2009
Female
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  • 04/30
    1922

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    April 30, 1922
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  • 11/23
    2009

    Death

    November 23, 2009
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    Josephine C Thornton lived 16 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 87.
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In 1922, in the year that Josephine C Thornton was born, on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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In 1948, at the age of 26 years old, Josephine was alive when on January 30th, Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in New Delhi by a member of a Hindu nationalist party who thought that Gandhi was too accommodating to Muslims. The man, Nathuram Godse, shot Gandhi 3 times. He died immediately. The shooter was tried, convicted, and hung in November 1949.
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