Merle Zimmerman (1890 - 1980)

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Albert Zimmerman

Added: Feb 04, 2019

Josette Zimmerman

Added: Feb 04, 2019

Zelda (Zee Zee) Kerner's handwriting.

Added: Oct 18, 2018

Buddy & Rene (Irle) Tanner

Added: Nov 29, 2015

Jo Ann Zimmerman

Added: Nov 29, 2015

Johann Zimmermann

Added: Nov 23, 2015

Christian & Margarethe Zimmerman

Added: Nov 23, 2015

Lydia (Fuerst) Zimmerman

Added: Nov 23, 2015

Zimmerman children

Added: Nov 23, 2015

Frederick and Anna Hertel children

Added: May 24, 2015

Anna (Zimmerman) & Frederick Hertel

Added: Apr 02, 2015

Louis Brescia

Added: Feb 28, 2015

Ada Zimmerman-Failing

Added: Jan 29, 2015

John P. & Chuck Campbell

Added: Dec 27, 2014

Lottie Grace (Zimmerman) Tannock Brown

Added: Jul 30, 2014

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In 1890, in the year that Merle Zimmerman was born, on June 1st, the U.S. Census Bureau started tabulating census returns with punch cards. Herman Hollerith's "tabulating machine" used punch cards to more quickly compute census information, taking the time to get census results from 8 years in 1880 to 6 years for the 1890 census. Hollerith's company eventually became IBM.

In 1942, when he was 52 years old, on February 19th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. This authorized the Secretary of War to "prescribe certain areas as military zones." On March 21st, he signed Public Law 503 which was approved after an hour discussion in the Senate and 30 minutes in the House. The Law provided for enforcement of his Executive Order. This cleared the way for approximately 120,000 men, women, and children of Japanese ancestry to be evicted from the West Coast and to be held in concentration camps and other confinement sites across the country. In Hawaii, a few thousand were detained. German and Italian Americans in the U.S. were also confined.

In 1956, Merle was 66 years old when on May 20th, the U.S. tested the first hydrogen bomb dropped from a plane over Bikini Atoll. Previously, hydrogen bombs had only been tested on the ground. The Atomic Age moved forward.

In 1978, Merle was 88 years old when on July 25th, Louise Brown, the first "test-tube baby", was born at Oldham Hospital in London. Louise was conceived through IVF (in vitro fertilization), a controversial and experimental procedure at the time.

In 1980, in the year of Merle Zimmerman's passing, on April 24th, a rescue attempt was begun in the Iranian Hostage Crisis. The attempt failed and 8 US servicemen were killed. Eight helicopters had been sent for the mission, but only 5 arrived in operating condition., Since the military had advised that the mission be aborted if there were fewer than 6 helicopters, President Carter stopped it. Upon leaving, a helicopter collided with a transport plane and the men were killed.