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Leroy Walter Petersen 1934 - 2008

Leroy Walter Petersen of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN was born on June 7, 1934, and died at age 74 years old on November 22, 2008. Leroy Petersen was buried at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery Section 31 Site 3152 7601 34th Avenue, South, in Minneapolis.
Leroy Walter Petersen
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN 55412
June 7, 1934
November 22, 2008
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  • 06/7
    1934

    Birthday

    June 7, 1934
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Air Force Rank attained: A1C Wars/Conflicts: Korea
  • 11/22
    2008

    Death

    November 22, 2008
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    Unknown
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    Ft. Snelling National Cemetery Section 31 Site 3152 7601 34th Avenue, South, in Minneapolis, Mn 55450
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In 1934, in the year that Leroy Walter Petersen was born, 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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In 1948, at the age of only 14 years old, Leroy was alive when on January 30th, Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in New Delhi by a member of a Hindu nationalist party who thought that Gandhi was too accommodating to Muslims. The man, Nathuram Godse, shot Gandhi 3 times. He died immediately. The shooter was tried, convicted, and hung in November 1949.
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