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Michael P Rigas 1923 - 2003

Michael P Rigas of Ridge, Suffolk County, NY was born on July 3, 1923, and died at age 79 years old on June 9, 2003. Michael Rigas was buried at Calverton National Cemetery Section 28 Site 1042 210 Princeton Boulevard - Rt 25, in Calverton.
Michael P Rigas
Ridge, Suffolk County, NY 11961
July 3, 1923
June 9, 2003
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Michael P Rigas' History: 1923 - 2003

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  • 07/3
    1923

    Birthday

    July 3, 1923
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    White, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Queens County, New York United States
  • Early Life & Education

    4 Years Of High School
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Air Forces Rank attained: S SGT Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii Military serial#: 12180797 Enlisted: October 29, 1942 in New York City New York Military branch: Air Corps Private Army Of The United States - Includes The Following: Voluntary Enlistments Effective December 8, 1941 And Thereafter; One Year Enlistments Of National Guardsman Whose State Enlistment Expires While In The Federal Service; Officers Appointed In The Army Of The United States Under Army Regulations 605-10 Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For The Duration Of The War Or Other Emergency, Plus Six Months, Subject To The Discretion Of The President Or Otherwise According To Law
  • Professional Career

    Machinists
  • 06/9
    2003

    Death

    June 9, 2003
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Calverton National Cemetery Section 28 Site 1042 210 Princeton Boulevard - Rt 25, in Calverton, Ny 11933
    Burial location
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In 1923, in the year that Michael P Rigas was born, on September 1, an earthquake - the Great Kanto earthquake - destroyed one-third of Tokyo. Measuring 7.9 and with a reported duration of between 4 and 10 minutes, casualties totaled about 142,800 deaths, including about 40,000 who went missing and were presumed dead.
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In 1933, he was merely 10 years old when the day after being inaugurated, the new President, Franklin Roosevelt, declared a four-day bank holiday to stop people from withdrawing their money from shaky banks (the bank run). Within 5 days of his administration, the Emergency Banking Act was passed - reorganizing banks and closing insolvent ones. In his first 100 days, he asked Congress to repeal Prohibition (which they did), signed the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, signed legislation that paid commodity farmers to leave their fields fallow, thus ending surpluses and boosting prices, signed a bill that gave workers the right to unionize and bargain collectively for higher wages and better working conditions as well as suspending some antitrust laws and establishing a federally funded Public Works Administration, and won passage of 12 other major laws that helped the economy.
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