Leon Conner (1913 - 1979)

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Lorenzo Conner

Added: Aug 10, 2019

Eliza Catherine (Van Kleeck) Conner

Added: Aug 10, 2019

James Robert Conner and family

Added: Oct 25, 2016

H C Conner

Added: Dec 11, 2014

Mary Louise Conner

Added: Dec 11, 2014

Laverne Conner

Added: Oct 10, 2014

Mary Ann Conner

Added: Oct 10, 2014

Mary Ann Conner

Added: Oct 10, 2014

Mary Ann Conner

Added: Oct 10, 2014

Christina (Starlling) Conner

Added: Aug 29, 2013

Christina (Starlling) Conner

Added: Aug 28, 2013

Ness, Gunstine & Moore Families

Added: May 21, 2013

Warren L. Conner, Jr, AL

Added: Jun 21, 2012

Vernon Houston Miller, 1935 Virginia

Added: Mar 12, 2012

Charles Swigert Home

Added: Jan 22, 2012

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In 1913, in the year that Leon Conner was born, ratified in February the 16th Amendment, establishing a Federal income tax, became law. Previously, customs duties (tariffs) and excise taxes were the primary sources of federal revenue. With the passage of the 16th Amendment, incomes of couples exceeding $4,000, as well as those of single persons earning $3,000 or more, were subject to a 1% Federal tax (that would be about $98,000 and $74,000 now). Rates rose to 7% for incomes over half a million dollars. Less than 1% of the population was subject to income tax.

In 1927, by the time he was merely 14 years old, 10 years after the United States bought the U.S. Virgin Islands from the Danish government, the inhabitants were granted U.S. citizenship. While they can vote in congressional elections and presidential primaries, they cannot vote for President.

In 1939, by the time he was 26 years old, 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 1941, by the time he was 28 years old, on June 25th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8802, prohibiting racial discrimination in the defense industry. EO 8802 was the first federal action to prohibit employment discrimination - without prejudice as to "race, creed, color, or national origin" - in the U.S. Civil Rights groups had planned a march on Washington D.C. to protest for equal rights but with the signing of the Order, they canceled the March.

In 1979, in the year of Leon Conner's passing, on March 28th, a partial nuclear meltdown occurred at the power plant at Three Mile Island Pennsylvania. Radiation leaked into the environment, resulting in a rating of 5 on a scale of 7 ("Accident With Wider Consequences") . It ended up costing $1 billion to clean up the site.