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Louis J Spina 1913 - 1997

Louis J Spina (1913 - 1997)
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Louis J Spina
Last Known Residence
Palm Desert, Riverside County, California 92211
Born
April 29, 1913
Death
September 16, 1997
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Louis J Spina of Palm Desert, Riverside County, California was born on April 29, 1913, and died at age 84 years old on September 16, 1997.

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Louis Spina passed away at age 84 years old on September 16, 1997. Louis J Spina of Palm Desert, Riverside County, California was born on April 29, 1913.

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Louis J Spina lived 10 years longer than the average Spina family member when he died at the age of 84.
The average age of a Spina family member is 74.
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1913 - 1997 World Events

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In 1913, in the year that Louis J Spina 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 1928, he was just 15 years old when Mickie Mouse was born! He first appeared in Disney's Steamboat Willie, along with Minnie. Although they were in two previous shorts, this was the first to be distributed. Steamboat Willie took advantage of the new technology and was a "talkie" - music was coordinated with the animation. It became the most popular cartoon of its day.

In 1948, at the age of 35 years old, Louis 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.

In 1958, he was 45 years old when on January 31st, Explorer I, the United States' answer to Sputnik I (and 2,) was launched. America had entered the Space Race. The first spacecraft to detect the Van Allen radiation belt, it remained in orbit until 1970.

In 1997, in the year of Louis J Spina's passing, on July 1st, Hong Kong was returned to China. In 1898, Great Britain was awarded Hong Kong for 99 years. In a subsequent agreement, China agreed to allow Hong Kong to remain capitalist. So the handing over of the area ended British rule but did not change the economic system of Hong Kong.

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