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Marcelle Sapin (1927 - 2008)

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Marcelle Sapin
1927 - 2008
Born
February 12, 1927
Death
February 5, 2008
Last Known Residence
zip code XX846
Summary
Marcelle Sapin was born on February 12, 1927, and died at age 80 years old on February 5, 2008. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Marcelle Sapin.
Updated: October 6, 2011
Biography ID: 17411958

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Marcelle Sapin passed away at age 80 years old on February 5, 2008. Marcelle Sapin was born on February 12, 1927. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Marcelle Sapin.

Average Age & Life Expectancy

Marcelle Sapin lived 7 years longer than the average Sapin family member when she died at the age of 80.
The average age of a Sapin family member is 73.
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1927 - 2008 World Events

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In 1927, in the year that Marcelle Sapin was born, in September, the Columbia Broadcasting System (later called CBS) became the second national radio network in the U.S. The first broadcast was a presentation by the Howard Barlow Orchestra from radio station WOR in Newark, New Jersey.

In 1944, Marcelle was 17 years old when on June 22nd, the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, called the G.I. Bill, was signed into law, pushed through by the veteran's organizations. Benefits provided for veterans to return to school (high school, vocational school, or college), obtain low interest home mortgages and low interest business loans, and (if needed) one year of unemployment insurance. Since most returning vets immediately found work, less than 20% of the unemployment benefits were distributed.

In 1958, she was 31 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 1967, Marcelle was 40 years old when between June 5th and 10th, Israeli and Egypt, Jordan, and Syria fought what came to be called the "Six-Day War". The hostilities began when Israel launched "preemptive" strikes against Egypt, destroying nearly its entire air force. It ended with Israel occupying the Sinai Peninsula, Golan Heights, Gaza Strip and West Bank.

In 1983, she was 56 years old when physicist Sally K. Ride, 32, became the first US woman astronaut in space as a crew member aboard space shuttle Challenger on June 18th. She was also the youngest (32) astronaut to go into space. Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space in 1963.

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