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Luis Placa 1920 - 2008

Luis Placa of Waukegan, Lake County, IL was born on July 20, 1920, and died at age 87 years old on January 14, 2008.
Luis Placa
Waukegan, Lake County, IL 60087
July 20, 1920
January 14, 2008
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  • 07/20
    1920

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    July 20, 1920
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  • 01/14
    2008

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    January 14, 2008
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In 1920, in the year that Luis Placa was born, in September, a bomb exploded in the J.P. Morgan bank building in New York City, killing 30 people immediately - 8 later died due to their injuries - and injuring another 200. Killing more people than the 1910 bombing of the LA Times (the deadliest terrorist act up until then), no one took responsibility and the perpetrators were never found. Italian anarchists were suspected of the bombing.
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In 1931, at the age of merely 11 years old, Luis was alive when in March, “The Star Spangled Banner” officially became the national anthem by congressional resolution. Other songs had previously been used - among them, "My Country, 'Tis of Thee", "God Bless America", and "America the Beautiful". There was fierce debate about making "The Star Spangled Banner" the national anthem - Southerners and veterans organizations supported it, pacifists and educators opposed it.
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