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Lawrence B Block 1920 - 1989

Lawrence B Block was born on February 10, 1920, and died at age 69 years old on December 25, 1989. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Lawrence B Block.
Lawrence B Block
February 10, 1920
December 25, 1989
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  • 02/10
    1920

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    February 10, 1920
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  • 12/25
    1989

    Death

    December 25, 1989
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    Lawrence B Block lived 6 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 69.
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In 1920, in the year that Lawrence B Block was born, on January 1, over 6000 people were arrested and put in prison because they were suspected of being communists. . Many had to be released in a few weeks and only 3 guns were found in their homes. The U.S. Department of Justice "red hunt" netted thousands of "radicals" and suspected "communists" and aliens were deported. But the "hunt" ended after Attorney General Palmer forecast a massive radical uprising on May Day and the day passed without incident.
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In 1934, he was just 14 years old when on June 6th, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was formed as a response to the stock market crash of 1929 and the continuing Great Depression. Previously, the states regulated the offering and sales of stocks - called "blue sky" laws. They were largely ineffective. Roosevelt created a group (one member was Joseph Kennedy, father of the future President Kennedy) who knew Wall Street well and they defined the mission and operating mode for the SEC. The new organization had broad and stringent rules and oversight and restored public confidence in the stock market in the United States.
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