Paul Thomas Cline
(1915 - 1957)
Newberry, Greene County, Indiana United States 47449
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California United States
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1943 • 15th Army Air Force-B24 Liberators
Rear gunner T/SGT 736 BOMBER SQD USAF
Rank attained: TSGT
Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
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Paul Thomas Cline & Eloise Grady (Neate) Cline
December 19, 1942 - 1946Cause of Separation: Divorce
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Paul Thomas Cline & Dorothy Fulwider
July 7, 1934 - 1957Cause of Separation: Death
Seymour, Jackson County, Indiana, 47274, United States
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In 1915, in the year that Paul Thomas Cline was born, The Birth of a Nation opened in February. A silent film, it was the most ambitious film to date and is considered a classic. Three hours long, it starred Lillian Gish and was directed by D. W. Griffith. The movie was based on the book The Clansman and told the story of two families (one pro-Union and one pro-Confederate) and their relationship during the Civil War and Reconstruction. The KKK was shown as "a heroic force".
In 1926, by the time he was just 11 years old, on October 31st, Harry Houdini died in Michigan. Houdini was the most famed magician of his time and perhaps of all time, especially for his acts involving escapes - from handcuffs, straitjackets, chains, ropes slung from skyscrapers, and more. He was president of the Society of American Magicians and stringently upheld professional ethics. He died of complications from a ruptured appendix. Although he had received a blow to the area a couple of days previously, the connection between the blow and his appendicitis is disputed.
In 1931, he was 16 years old when on May 1st, the Empire State Building opened in New York City. At 1,454 feet (including the roof and antenna), it was the tallest building in the world until the World Trade Center's North Tower was built in 1970. (It is now the 34th tallest.) Opening at the beginning of the Great Depression, most of the offices in the Empire State Building remained unoccupied for years and the observation deck was an equal source of revenue and kept the building profitable.
In 1942, by the time he was 27 years old, on November 28th at 10:15p, a nightclub in Boston, the Cocoanut Grove, caught fire. The origins of the fire are unknown but it killed 492 people - the deadliest nightclub fire in U.S. history. Hundreds more were injured. The disaster was so shocking that it replaced World War II in the headlines and lead to reforms in safety standards and codes.
In 1957, in the year of Paul Thomas Cline's passing, on October 4th, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I, the first man made earth-orbiting satellite - and triggered the Space Race. Sputnik I was only 23 inches in diameter and had no tracking equipment, only 4 antennas, but it had a big impact.
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