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Martin Samess (1920 - 1985)

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Martin Samess
1920 - 1985
Born
March 23, 1920
Death
August 1985
Last Known Residence
Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida 33313
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Martin Samess of Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida was born on March 23, 1920, and died at age 65 years old in August 1985.
Updated: October 3, 2011
Biography ID: 8809992

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Martin Samess passed away at age 65 years old in August 1985. Martin Samess of Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida was born on March 23, 1920.

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Martin Samess lived 12 years shorter than the average Samess family member when he died at the age of 65.
The average age of a Samess family member is 77.
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1920 - 1985 World Events

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In 1920, in the year that Martin Samess 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.

In 1937, Martin was 17 years old when on May 6th, the German zeppelin the Hindenburg caught fire and blew up. The Hindenburg was a passenger ship traveling to Frankfurt Germany. It tried to dock in New Jersey, one of the stops, and something went wrong - it blew up. Thirty-six people were killed out of the 97 on board - 13 passengers, 22 crewmen, and one ground worker. The reasons for the explosion are still disputed.

In 1955, he was 35 years old when on September 10th the TV show "Gunsmoke" debuted on CBS. It went on to be television's longest-running western. Matt Dillon, Chester, Doc Adams, and Miss Kitty became household names.

In 1965, at the age of 45 years old, Martin was alive when from August 11 to 16, riots broke out in Watts, a Black section of Los Angeles. An allegedly drunk African-American driver was stopped by LA police and, after a fight, police brutality was alleged - and the riots began. 34 people died in the rioting and over $40 million in property damage occurred. The National Guard was called in to help the LA police quell rioting.

In 1985, in the year of Martin Samess's passing, on March 15th, the first internet domain name was registered - Symbolics.com. Symbolics, Inc., a spinoff of the MIT AI Lab, was a computer manufacturer headquartered in Massachusetts. The company no longer exists and the domain name was sold 25 years later.

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