Larry F Smith (1940 - 1997)

Larry's immediate relatives including parents, siblings, partnerships and children in the Smith family tree.

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Larry's Parents

Francis Louise (Moore) Smith

Benjamine Franklin Smith

Marion (Smith) Prince Larry F Smith

Kathy (Smith) Sigmon Betty (Smith) Burgess

Parents:

Francis Louise (Moore) Smith

Unknown - Unknown

Benjamine Franklin Smith

Unknown - Unknown

Siblings:

Kathy (Smith) Sigmon

Unknown - Unknown

Marion (Smith) Prince

Unknown - Unknown

Betty (Smith) Burgess

Unknown - Unknown

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Larry F Smith & Barbara (Lin) Smith

April 3, 1997
Cause of Separation: Death

Larry F Smith

Barbara (Lin) Smith

Janelle L. (Smith) Landa

Spouse:

Barbara (Lin) Smith

Unknown - Unknown

Children:

Janelle L. (Smith) Landa

c. 1974 - Unknown

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In 1940, in the year that Larry F Smith was born, 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 1952, when he was just 12 years old, on July 2, Dr. Jonas E. Salk tested the first dead-virus polio vaccine on 43 children. The worst epidemic of polio had broken out that year - in the U.S. there were 58,000 cases reported. Of these, 3,145 people had died and 21,269 were left with mild to disabling paralysis.

In 1963, at the age of 23 years old, Larry was alive when on November 22nd, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson became the 36th President of the United States when President John Kennedy was shot and killed in Dallas, Texas. Johnson was sworn in on the plane carrying Kennedy's body back to Washington D.C.

In 1975, by the time he was 35 years old, on September 5th, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme tried to assassinate President Ford in Sacramento, California. She failed when her gun wouldn't fire. President Ford escaped a second assassination attempt 17 days later on September 22 when Sarah Jane Moore tried to shoot him in San Francisco. A bystander saw her raise her arm, grabbed it, and the shot went wild.

In 1997, in the year of Larry F Smith's passing, on July 1st, Hong Kong was returned to China. In 1898, Great Britain was awarded Hong Kong for 99 years. In a subsequent agreement, China agreed to allow Hong Kong to remain capitalist. So the handing over of the area ended British rule but did not change the economic system of Hong Kong.