Juanita Phillips (1918 - 1998)

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Noel Douglas Phillips

Added: Jul 10, 2020

Flora (Carroll) Fields

Added: Jul 01, 2020

Rexie Ann (Fields) Phillips

Added: Jul 01, 2020

Rexie Ann (Fields) Phillips

Added: Jul 01, 2020

Rexie Ann (Fields) Phillips

Added: Jul 01, 2020

Rexie Ann (Fields) Phillips

Added: Jul 01, 2020

Rexie Ann (Fields) Phillips

Added: Jul 01, 2020

Doris and Billy Phillips

Added: Jul 01, 2020

Rexie Ann (Fields) Phillips

Added: Jun 16, 2020

Flora (Carroll) Fields

Added: Jun 16, 2020

Rexie Fields Family

Added: Feb 06, 2020

Doris and Robert Phillips

Added: Feb 06, 2020

Doris and Robert Phillips

Added: Feb 06, 2020

Phillips Family

Added: Feb 06, 2020

Doris Trexler

Added: Jan 30, 2020

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In 1918, in the year that Juanita Phillips was born, on November 1, an elevated train on the Brooklyn line of the subway - driven by an inexperienced operator because of a strike - tried to navigate a turn at 30mph. The limit on the curve was 6 mph. The 2nd and 3rd cars of the 5 car wooden train were badly damaged and at least 93 people were killed, making it the deadliest crash in New York subway history.

In 1938, she was 20 years old when on October 30th, a Sunday, The Mercury Theatre on the Air broadcast Orson Welles' special Halloween show The War of the World's. A clever take on H.G. Wells' novel, the show began with simulated "breaking news" of an invasion by Martians. Because of the realistic nature of the "news," there was a public outcry the next day, calling for regulation by the FCC. Although the current story is that many were fooled and panicked, in reality very few people were fooled. But the show made Orson Welles' career.

In 1940, by the time she was 22 years old, on November 5th, President Franklin Roosevelt was elected to a third term, defeating Wendell Willkie of Indiana (a corporate lawyer). Roosevelt running for a third term was controversial. But the U.S. was emerging from the Great Recession and he promised that he would not involve the country in any foreign war (which of course changed when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor). Roosevelt defeated Willkie in the popular vote by 54.7 to 44.8% and in the Electoral College 449 to 82.

In 1977, when she was 59 years old, on January 21st, President Carter pardoned "draft dodgers" - men who avoided the draft during the Vietnam War. He fulfilled a campaign promise with the pardon. But it only applied to civilian evaders - the estimated 500,000 to 1 million active-duty personnel who went AWOL were not included.

In 1998, in the year of Juanita Phillips's passing, on December 19th, the movie Titanic - based on the 1912 sinking of the ship and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet - was released. Winning 11 Oscars, it was the first film to gross over a billion dollars and eventually grossed over $2 billion.