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Mildred L Pershall 1917 - 1995

Mildred L Pershall (1917 - 1995)
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Mildred L Pershall
Last Known Residence
Aptos, Santa Cruz County, California 95003
Born
March 12, 1917
Death
November 1995
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Mildred L Pershall of Aptos, Santa Cruz County, California was born on March 12, 1917, and died at age 78 years old in November 1995.

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Mildred Pershall passed away at age 78 years old in November 1995. Mildred L Pershall of Aptos, Santa Cruz County, California was born on March 12, 1917.

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Mildred L Pershall lived 3 years longer than the average Pershall family member when she died at the age of 78.
The average age of a Pershall family member is 75.
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1917 - 1995 World Events

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In 1917, in the year that Mildred L Pershall was born, Russian government offices were seized and the Romanov's Winter Palace was stormed in the Russian February and October Revolutions. The February revolution resulted in the abdication of Tsar Nicholas and a coalition of the Parliament and workers parties taking control of the government. The October revolution resulted in Lenin and the Bolsheviks taking complete control.

In 1920, Mildred was only 3 years old when on January 1, over 6000 people were arrested and put in prison because they were suspected of being communists. . Many had to be released in a few weeks and only 3 guns were found in their homes. The U.S. Department of Justice "red hunt" netted thousands of "radicals" and suspected "communists" and aliens were deported. But the "hunt" ended after Attorney General Palmer forecast a massive radical uprising on May Day and the day passed without incident.

In 1975, she was 58 years old when on September 5th, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme tried to assassinate President Ford in Sacramento, California. She failed when her gun wouldn't fire. President Ford escaped a second assassination attempt 17 days later on September 22 when Sarah Jane Moore tried to shoot him in San Francisco. A bystander saw her raise her arm, grabbed it, and the shot went wild.

In 1980, she was 63 years old when 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.

In 1995, in the year of Mildred L Pershall's passing, on October 16th, the Million Man March took place on the National Mall in Washington DC. The March was organized to address "the ills of black communities and call for unity and revitalization of African American communities". An estimated 850,000 people attended.

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