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Meta Massey (1896 - 1983)

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Meta Massey
1896 - 1983
Born
April 19, 1896
Death
January 1983
Last Known Residence
Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin 53405
Summary
Meta Massey of Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin was born on April 19, 1896, and died at age 86 years old in January 1983.
Updated: November 4, 2011
Biography ID: 54796367

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Meta Massey passed away at age 86 years old in January 1983. Meta Massey of Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin was born on April 19, 1896.

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Meta Massey lived 16 years longer than the average Massey family member when she died at the age of 86.
The average age of a Massey family member is 70.
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1896 - 1983 World Events

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In 1896, in the year that Meta Massey was born, on August 17th, the first pedestrian v car fatality occurred in Great Britain. Bridget Driscoll, age 44, was walking with her family on the grounds of The Crystal Palace in London when she was hit by a car driven by Arthur James Edsall. Edsall claimed to be going 4.5 mph and Driscoll's death was ruled an "accidental death" after an inquest.

In 1936, by the time she was 40 years old, on November 2nd, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) debuted the world's first regular high-definition television service. The channel had a short schedule - Monday through Saturday, 3:00p to 4:00p and 9:00p to 10:00p. The first broadcast was "Opening of the BBC Television Service".

In 1962, at the age of 66 years old, Meta was alive when lasting from October 16th - 28th, the Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest that the United States and the Soviet Union came to nuclear war. The Soviet Union had been installing a nuclear missile base in Cuba. The United States established a blockade to stop the base from being completed. Through secret negotiations, war was averted: the Soviet Union agreed to dismantle their weapons in Cuba and the United States agreed to never invade Cuba and to dismantle weapons in Turkey and Italy.

In 1976, Meta was 80 years old when The United States celebrated the Bicentennial of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. It was a year long celebration, with the biggest events taking place on July 4th.

In 1983, in the year of Meta Massey's passing, physicist Sally K. Ride, 32, became the first US woman astronaut in space as a crew member aboard space shuttle Challenger on June 18th. She was also the youngest (32) astronaut to go into space. Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space in 1963.

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