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Mary A Poshefko (1917 - 2001)

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Mary A Poshefko
1917 - 2001
Born
February 7, 1917
Death
February 23, 2001
Last Known Residence
Natick, Middlesex County, Massachusetts 01760
Summary
Mary A Poshefko of Natick, Middlesex County, Massachusetts was born on February 7, 1917, and died at age 84 years old on February 23, 2001. Mary Poshefko was buried at Massachusetts National Cemetery Section 29 Site 417 Off Connery Avenue, in Bourne.
Updated: June 21, 2016
Biography ID: 26000104

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Natick, Middlesex County, Massachusetts 01760
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Massachusetts National Cemetery Section 29 Site 417 Off Connery Avenue, in Bourne, Massachusetts 02532
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Mary Poshefko passed away at age 84 years old on February 23, 2001, and was buried at Massachusetts National Cemetery Section 29 Site 417 Off Connery Avenue, in Bourne. Mary A Poshefko of Natick, Middlesex County, Massachusetts was born on February 7, 1917.

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Mary A Poshefko lived 13 years longer than the average Poshefko family member when she died at the age of 84.
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In 1917, in the year that Mary A Poshefko was born, the U.S. Virgin Islands were purchased from Denmark in January. While they are U.S. citizens, Virgin Islanders are ineligible to vote for the President of the United States.

In 1924, when she was only 7 years old, J. Edgar Hoover, at the age of 29, was appointed the sixth director of the Bureau of Investigation by Calvin Coolidge (which later became the Federal Bureau of Investigation). The Bureau had approximately 650 employees, including 441 Special Agents. A former employee of the Justice Department, Hoover accepted his new position on the proviso that the bureau was to be completely divorced from politics and that the director report only to the attorney general.

In 1938, by the time she was 21 years old, on October 30th, a Sunday, The Mercury Theatre on the Air broadcast Orson Welles' special Halloween show The War of the World's. A clever take on H.G. Wells' novel, the show began with simulated "breaking news" of an invasion by Martians. Because of the realistic nature of the "news," there was a public outcry the next day, calling for regulation by the FCC. Although the current story is that many were fooled and panicked, in reality very few people were fooled. But the show made Orson Welles' career.

In 1944, Mary was 27 years old when on November 7th, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was reelected to a fourth term as President of the United States. Running against Thomas Dewey, Governor of New York, Roosevelt won 53.4 of the popular vote, Dewey got 45.9%.

In 1966, she was 49 years old when on July 1st, Medicare became available after President Johnson signed into law the Medicare Act in 1965. President Truman had received the first Medicare card since he had been the first to propose national healthcare law. insurance.

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