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Nellie I Dembosky (1909 - 2005)
Nellie I Dembosky was born on June 29, 1909. She died on November 17, 2005 at age 96. We know that Nellie I Dembosky had been residing in Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada.
Nellie I Dembosky Biography
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Nellie I Dembosky passed away on November 17, 2005 at age 96. She was born on June 29, 1909. We have no information about Nellie's family. We know that Nellie I Dembosky had been residing in Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada.
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1909 - 2005 World Events
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In 1909, in the year that Nellie I Dembosky was born, the U.S. penny was changed to the Abraham Lincoln design. The Lincoln penny was so popular that it soon had to be rationed and it sold on the secondary market for a quarter. Abraham Lincoln was the first historical figure to be on a U.S. coin - which was released to commemorate his 100th birthday. This penny was also the first U.S. cent to include the words "In God We Trust.".
In 1935, at the age of 26 years old, Nellie was alive when on August 14, the Social Security Act was signed into law. The purpose was to "provide federal assistance to those unable to work". The law established the Social Security Administration whose primary focus was to "provide aid for the elderly, the unemployed, and children". The Act survived many Supreme Court challenges and the Administration continues until today.
In 1942, she was 33 years old when on June 17th, Roosevelt approved the Manhattan Project, which lead to the development of the first atomic bomb. With the support of Canada and the United Kingdom, the Project came to employ more than 130,000 people and cost nearly $2 billion. Julius Robert Oppenheimer, a nuclear physicist born in New York, led the Los Alamos Laboratory that developed the actual bomb. The first artificial nuclear explosion took place near Alamogordo New Mexico on July 16, 1945.
In 1951, at the age of 42 years old, Nellie was alive when on April 5th, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg (husband and wife) were sentenced to death for treason. They were executed on June 19th. American citizens, they were convicted of spying for the Soviet Union. Their two young sons were adopted by a high school teacher and his wife.
In 1983, at the age of 74 years old, Nellie was alive when "crack" cocaine was developed in the Bahamas and spread to the United States. Previously, cocaine had been cut with other substances, diluting it. Crack was 80% pure and therefore was more addictive. It was also cheaper, making it more easily available to low income neighborhoods.
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