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Mijo Matkovic 1912 - 1997

Mijo Matkovic of Ottawa, La Salle County, IL was born on September 17, 1912, and died at age 84 years old on August 20, 1997.
Mijo Matkovic
Ottawa, La Salle County, IL 61350
September 17, 1912
August 20, 1997
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  • 09/17
    1912

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    September 17, 1912
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  • 08/20
    1997

    Death

    August 20, 1997
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In 1912, in the year that Mijo Matkovic was born, in October, former President Theodore Roosevelt was shot, but not killed, while campaigning for another term as President with the newly created Bull Moose (Progressive) Party. John Schrank was a Bavarian-born saloon-keeper from New York who had been stalking Roosevelt when he shot him just before a campaign speech. Shot in the chest (and showing the audience his bloody shirt), Roosevelt went on to give a 55 to 90 minute talk (reports vary on the length) before being treated for the injury. After 8 days in the hospital, Roosevelt went back on the campaign trail.
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In 1952, Mijo was 40 years old when on July 2, Dr. Jonas E. Salk tested the first dead-virus polio vaccine on 43 children. The worst epidemic of polio had broken out that year - in the U.S. there were 58,000 cases reported. Of these, 3,145 people had died and 21,269 were left with mild to disabling paralysis.
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