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Lafon Hockaday 1920 - 1983

Lafon Hockaday of Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina was born on December 18, 1920, and died at age 62 years old in February 1983.
Lafon Hockaday
Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina 27603
December 18, 1920
February 1983
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    1920

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    December 18, 1920
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    1983

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    February 1983
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    Lafon Hockaday lived 10 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 62.
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In 1920, in the year that Lafon Hockaday was born, the Volstead Act became law. Formally called the National Prohibition Act, the Volstead Act enabled law enforcement agencies to carry out the 18th Amendment. It said that "no person shall manufacture, sell, barter, transport, import, export, deliver, or furnish any intoxicating liquor except as authorized by this act" and defined intoxicating liquor as any beverage containing more than 0.5% alcohol by volume.
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In 1938, when this person was 18 years old, 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.
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