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Leroy R Halbur (1933 - 1987)

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Leroy R Halbur
1933 - 1987
Born
May 9, 1933
Death
June 29, 1987
Last Known Residence
Grayslake, Lake County, Illinois 60030
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Leroy R Halbur of Grayslake, Lake County, Illinois was born on May 9, 1933, and died at age 54 years old on June 29, 1987.
Updated: November 4, 2011
Biography ID: 55102124

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Leroy Halbur passed away at age 54 years old on June 29, 1987. Leroy R Halbur of Grayslake, Lake County, Illinois was born on May 9, 1933.

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Leroy R Halbur lived 14 years shorter than the average Halbur family member when he died at the age of 54.
The average age of a Halbur family member is 68.
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1933 - 1987 World Events

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In 1933, in the year that Leroy R Halbur was born, on March 4th, Franklin Delano Roosevelt became the 32nd President of the United States. He was elected four times (equaled by no other President) and guided the United States through the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and World War 2. His wife was his cousin Eleanor Roosevelt (Teddy Roosevelt's niece) who President Truman called "First Lady of the World". Some of the major programs that survive from his presidency are the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Wagner Act (The National Labor Relations Act of 1935) , the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Social Security.

In 1945, Leroy was merely 12 years old when on June 22nd, the Battle of Okinawa ended. A joint Army and Marine campaign, supported by the Navy, the Battle of Okinawa went on for 82 days. The last Japanese resistance on Okinawa was defeated. 4,907 Navy, 4,675 Army, and 2,938 Marine Corps personnel were killed in the battle on the US side. It is estimated that 110,071 on the Japanese side were killed - the estimate includes Okinawan citizens who were pressed into service and includes children. With the win of Okinawa, the United States gained an important base of operations in the Pacific.

In 1966, when he was 33 years old, on September 8th, the first Star Trek episode, "The Man Trap," was broadcast on NBC. The plot concerned a creature that sucked salt from human bodies. The original series only aired for 3 seasons due to low ratings.

In 1978, Leroy was 45 years old when on November 18th, Jim Jones's Peoples Temple followers committed mass suicide in Jonestown, Guyana - where they had moved, from San Francisco, as a group. Jones was the leader of the cult and ordered his followers to drink cyanide-laced punch, which they did. Whole families (women and children included) died - more than 900 people in all.

In 1987, in the year of Leroy R Halbur's passing, on October 19th, stock exchanges around the world crashed. Beginning in Hong Kong then spreading to Europe, the crash then hit the United States. It was called Black Monday. The Dow Jones fell 508 points to 1,738.74 (22.61%).

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