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Parker Ford (1920 - 1974)

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Parker Ford
1920 - 1974
Born
July 31, 1920
Death
March 1974
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Parker Ford was born on July 31, 1920, and died at age 53 years old in March 1974. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Parker Ford.
Updated: November 4, 2011
Biography ID: 56639119

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Parker Ford passed away at age 53 years old in March 1974. Parker Ford was born on July 31, 1920. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Parker Ford.

Average Age & Life Expectancy

Parker Ford lived 17 years shorter than the average Ford family member when he died at the age of 53.
The average age of a Ford family member is 70.
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1920 - 1974 World Events

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In 1920, in the year that Parker Ford was born, Italian born factory worker Nicola Sacco and fish peddler Bartolomeo Vanzetti were picked up by police on May 5th in connection with the April 15th murder and robbery of a guard and a paymaster at the Slater and Morrill Shoe Company in South Braintree, Mass. Although in later years they were thought to be innocent, they were anarchists and were convicted of the crime and put to death.

In 1932, Parker was only 12 years old when five years to the day after Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic, Amelia Earhart flew solo from Newfoundland to Ireland, the first woman to cross the Atlantic solo and the first to replicate Lindbergh's feat. She flew over 2,000 miles in just under 15 hours.

In 1946, by the time he was 26 years old, on July 4th, the Philippines gained independence from the United States. In 1964, Independence Day in the Philippines was moved from July 4th to June 12th at the insistence of nationalists and historians.

In 1960, Parker was 40 years old when on September 26th, the first televised debate for a Presidential campaign in the United States - Kennedy vs Nixon - was held. Seventy million people watched the debate on TV. The debate pre-empted the very popular Andy Griffith Show.

In 1974, in the year of Parker Ford's passing, on July 30th, the House Judiciary Committee adopted three articles of impeachment against President Nixon. He was charged with obstruction of justice, failure to uphold laws, and the refusal to produce material subpoenaed by the committee. In order to avoid impeachment, Richard M. Nixon announced that he would resign on August 8th, the first President to do so.

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