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Maria Cortez 1921 - 1981

Maria Cortez of McAllen, Hidalgo County, Texas was born on November 4, 1921, and died at age 59 years old in January 1981.

Maria Cortez

McAllen, Hidalgo County, Texas 78501

November 4, 1921

January 1981

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November 4, 1921

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Maria Cortez lived 7 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 59.

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In 1921, in the year that Maria Cortez was born, on November 11th, the first burial was held at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. The body of an unknown soldier - selected by Army Sgt. Edward F. Younger who was highly decorated for valor and received the Distinguished Service Cross in "The Great War" - was brought back from France (World War 1) and placed in the newly completed tomb. President Warren G. Harding officiated at the interment ceremonies.

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In 1934, when she was just 13 years old, on November 11th 1933, an extremely strong dust storm hit South Dakota, stripping topsoil. Other strong dust storms had occurred during 1933. Severe droughts continued to hit the Great Plains and the dust storms devastated agricultural production as well as people's' lives for several years. The Roosevelt administration and scientists eventually determined that farming practices had caused the conditions that led to the dust storms and the changes they implemented in farming stopped the Dust Bowl.

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