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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, 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 1934, Parker was merely 14 years old when on June 6th, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was formed as a response to the stock market crash of 1929 and the continuing Great Depression. Previously, the states regulated the offering and sales of stocks - called "blue sky" laws. They were largely ineffective. Roosevelt created a group (one member was Joseph Kennedy, father of the future President Kennedy) who knew Wall Street well and they defined the mission and operating mode for the SEC. The new organization had broad and stringent rules and oversight and restored public confidence in the stock market in the United States.

In 1944, when he was 24 years old, on June 22nd, the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, called the G.I. Bill, was signed into law, pushed through by the veteran's organizations. Benefits provided for veterans to return to school (high school, vocational school, or college), obtain low interest home mortgages and low interest business loans, and (if needed) one year of unemployment insurance. Since most returning vets immediately found work, less than 20% of the unemployment benefits were distributed.

In 1961, at the age of 41 years old, Parker was alive when on April 17th, about 1,000 CIA trained Cuban exiles invaded Cuba with the intention of igniting a rebellion and overthrowing Castro. They were defeated within three days. Although the operation began under Eisenhower, Kennedy approved it and the operation, named the Bay of Pigs for the beach where they landed, was a humiliation for the United States.

In 1974, in the year of Parker Ford's passing, on August 9th, Gerald R. Ford became the 38th President of the United States. He had been Vice President for 8 months when he became President due to the resignation of President Nixon.

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