Melvin Arrington (1955 - 2010)

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Ida Arrington Pasuszynski

Vera Elaine Arrington

Ida Eugene Arrington Pastuszynski

Wesley Leroy Arrington Jr.

Unknown man, Louisiana

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Unknown couple, Arkansas

Alonzo Alexander Arrington

Arrington House, Georgia, 1800's

Arrington House, Georgia, 1980

Anna Maria Alston Arrington gravesite

Emmaline (Arrington) Tillery

Raymond Mark (Chop) Arrington

Misty Arrington

Lena Welborn Bowan

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In 1955, in the year that Melvin Arrington was born, in January, President Eisenhower sent direct aid to South Vietnam. In February, U.S. advisors were sent to train troops.

In 1963, at the age of just 8 years old, Melvin was alive when on November 22nd, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson became the 36th President of the United States when President John Kennedy was shot and killed in Dallas, Texas. Johnson was sworn in on the plane carrying Kennedy's body back to Washington D.C.

In 1973, when he was 18 years old, on January 28th, the Paris Peace Accord was signed - supposedly ending the Vietnam War. Hostilities continued between North and South Vietnam and the U.S. continued to bomb. But by August 15, 1973, 95% of American troops had left Vietnam. The war ended in 1975 with the fall of Saigon.

In 1986, he was 31 years old when on September 8th, the Oprah Winfrey Show went into national syndication. A popular talk show, it was number 1 in the ratings since its debut. The last show aired on May 25, 2011.

In 1997, at the age of 42 years old, Melvin was alive when on June 26th, the first Harry Potter book by J. K. Rowling was released. "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" was an immediate success and spawned not only sequels but also movies, video games, plays, and amusement park attractions. J.K. Rowling, at the time of the first book a poor single mother, has become a multi-billionaire.