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Laura Horgan (1897 - 1974)

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Laura Horgan
1897 - 1974
Born
October 10, 1897
Death
February 1974
Last Known Residence
Suisun City, Solano County, California 94585
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Laura Horgan of Suisun City, Solano County, California was born on October 10, 1897, and died at age 76 years old in February 1974.
Updated: November 11, 2011
Biography ID: 85523985

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October 10, 1897
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Laura Horgan passed away at age 76 years old in February 1974. Laura Horgan of Suisun City, Solano County, California was born on October 10, 1897.

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Laura Horgan lived 4 years longer than the average Horgan family member when she died at the age of 76.
The average age of a Horgan family member is 72.
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1897 - 1974 World Events

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In 1897, in the year that Laura Horgan was born, on July 17th, the Klondike Gold Rush began when the first successful prospectors returned to Seattle after mining in the Yukon. They arrived on the ships Excelsior and Portland, bringing vast quantities of gold - over $32,000,000 in today's money - and everyone rushed to become rich in the Yukon.

In 1937, by the time she was 40 years old, on May 28th, the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge opened to cars. Taking 5 years to build, the 4,200-foot-long suspension bridge was an engineering marvel of its time - 11 men died during construction. The "international orange" color was chosen because it resisted rust and fading. To the present, it is the symbol of the City that is known throughout the world.

In 1940, when she was 43 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 1966, she was 69 years old when on July 1st, Medicare became available after President Johnson signed into law the Medicare Act in 1965. President Truman had received the first Medicare card since he had been the first to propose national healthcare law. insurance.

In 1974, in the year of Laura Horgan's passing, on February 5th, Patty Hearst, age 19 - granddaughter of William Randolph Hearst and daughter of publisher of the San Francisco Examiner Randolph Hearst - was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army, a left wing terrorist group. She was found, alive, 19 months later.

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