Laurene (Stephenson) Kirby (born 1939)

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Laurene (Stephenson) Kirby & Cleveland Kirby

April 22, 1983 Dallas County, TX

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Cleveland Kirby

c. 1939 - Unknown

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Jeff Arthur Kirby

Elvaphine (Kirby) Cook gravesite

Elvaphine (Kirby) Cook gravesite

Shirley and Elvaphine (Kirby) Cook gravesite

Austin Kirby

Beecher P. Kirby

Beecher P Kirby

Angela Kirby

Chasnie (Kirby) & John Beatty

Granville Pippin Family, Kentucky 1935

Short family, 1915

Lee & Short Tennessee Family Reunion1923

Willie & Eva Kirby & Friends, Tennessee

Willie Kirby & Raymond Short, Tennessee 1917

Elmo Pippin, Kentucky

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In 1939, in the year that Laurene (Stephenson) Kirby was born, in May, Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first full-length animated film, reached a total international gross of $6.5 million which made it (to then) the most successful sound film of all time. First released in December 1937, it was originally dubbed "Disney's Folly" but the premiere received a standing ovation from the audience. At the 11th Academy Awards in February 1939, Walt Disney won an Academy Honorary Award - a full-size Oscar statuette and seven miniature ones - for Snow White.

In 1946, on July 4th, the Philippines gained independence from the United States. In 1964, Independence Day in the Philippines was moved from July 4th to June 12th at the insistence of nationalists and historians.

In 1968, on April 4th, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the civil rights leader, was shot and killed by an assassin in Memphis. James Earl Ray was apprehended and plead guilty to shooting Dr. King. Ray died in jail in 1998.

In 1977, on May 25th, Star Wars premiered in theaters. Eventually, it became the highest-grossing film of all time - until E.T. surpassed it a few years later. It was an immediate hit with theatergoers.

In 1986, on January 28th, the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after launch. All seven crew members died. The cause of the explosion was later found to be a failed O-ring. The O-ring failure was due to the unusually cold conditions at Cape Canaveral.