Marjorie Elizabeth Strahan (1943 - 1949)

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Marjorie's Family

Strahan Leslie Strahan

Mary Clark Allen Strahan

Marjorie Elizabeth Strahan

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Strahan Leslie Strahan

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Mary Clark Allen Strahan

Unknown - Unknown

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Jack Strahan & my Mom

Added: Apr 28, 2014

Jack R Strahan

Added: Apr 28, 2014

Popular & Mary Jane Smith

Added: Dec 17, 2013

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In 1943, in the year that Marjorie Elizabeth Strahan was born, on September 3rd, the Armistice of Cassibile was signed in Sicily. Under the terms of the Armistice, Italy surrendered to the Allied Powers. After the Armistice was made public on September 8th, Germany attacked and occupied Italy. It took 20 months of fighting for the Allies to reach the northern borders of Italy.

In 1949, in the year of Marjorie Elizabeth Strahan's passing, on April 4th, NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was established. Twelve nations originally signed the North Atlantic Treaty - the United States, Great Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Iceland, Canada, and Portugal. Greece, Turkey, and West Germany later joined. Today, there are 26 nations in NATO.

In 1950, by the time she was only 7 years old, in February, Joe McCarthy gave a speech alleging that he had a list of "members of the Communist Party and members of a spy ring" who worked in the State Department. He went on to chair a committee that investigated not only the State Department but also the administration of President Harry S. Truman, the Voice of America, and the U.S. Army for communist spies - until he was condemned by the U.S. Senate in 1954.

In 1957, by the time she was only 14 years old, on October 4th, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I, the first man made earth-orbiting satellite - and triggered the Space Race. Sputnik I was only 23 inches in diameter and had no tracking equipment, only 4 antennas, but it had a big impact.