Marjorie Collins (1941 - 1976)

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William Thomas Collins

Mary E (Collins) Stebbins

Mary E (Collins) Stebbins

Jamel L Collins

Grover E Collins

Ollie Mae (Collins) Murphy-Strickland

Derrek Collins

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Miriam Donges (Collins) Firth

Miriam Donges (Collins) Firth

Anthony Newley and Joan Collins

Anthony Newley and Joan Collins

Anthony Newley and Joan Collins

Mary Jane (Collins) House

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In 1941, in the year that Marjorie Collins was born, in his State of the Union address on January 6th, President Roosevelt detailed the "four freedoms" that everyone in the world should have: Freedom of speech, Freedom of worship, Freedom from want, and Freedom from fear. In the same speech, he outlined the benefits of democracy which he said were economic opportunity, employment, social security, and the promise of "adequate health care".

In 1953, when she was just 12 years old, on July 27th, the Korean Armistice Agreement was signed. The Armistice was to last until "a final peaceful settlement is achieved". No peaceful settlement has ever been agreed upon.

In 1959, Marjorie was 18 years old when on August 8th, Hawaii became the 50th state of the United States. The US flag was changed to show 50 stars.

In 1968, at the age of 27 years old, Marjorie was alive when on April 4th, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the civil rights leader, was shot and killed by an assassin in Memphis. James Earl Ray was apprehended and plead guilty to shooting Dr. King. Ray died in jail in 1998.

In 1976, in the year of Marjorie Collins's passing, on August 4th, a mysterious illness struck an American Legion convention in Philadelphia. Within a week, 25 people had died and 130 people had been hospitalized. It was the first known instance of what came to be called "Legionnaires Disease."