Peter H McKelvey (born 1933)

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Peter's Family

Constance L (Hanna) McKelvey

Bard G Mckelvey

Shirley Lenore McKelvey Bard G McKelvey Jr. Peter H McKelvey

William Frank McKelvey Yvonne Lita Palmer Hugh W McKelvey

Parents:

Constance L (Hanna) McKelvey

Aug 2, 1908 - Apr 1, 1989

Bard G Mckelvey

Jan 5, 1900 - Dec 19, 1991

Siblings:

William Frank McKelvey

Sep 26, 1946 - Unknown

Shirley Lenore McKelvey

May 14, 1926 - Unknown

Yvonne Lita Palmer

Jun 29, 1929 - Unknown

Bard G McKelvey Jr.

Mar 4, 1928 - Aug 1, 1928

Hugh W McKelvey

Oct 25, 1924 - 1925

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The Gwaltney Family

Added: Jul 13, 2017

Gwaltney Women

Added: Jul 13, 2017

Marilyn Louise (Gwaltney) McKelvey

Added: Jun 14, 2017

Marilyn (Gwaltney) and Victor McKelvey

Added: Feb 12, 2017

451st Bombardment Group, 49th Bombardment Wing H

Added: Nov 15, 2006

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In 1933, in the year that Peter H McKelvey was born, Frances Perkins became the first woman to hold a cabinet-level position, appointed by President Roosevelt to serve as Secretary of Labor. She told him that her priorities would be a 40-hour work week, a minimum wage, unemployment compensation, worker’s compensation, abolition of child labor, direct federal aid to the states for unemployment relief, Social Security, a revitalized federal employment service, and universal health insurance. President Roosevelt approved of all of them and most them were implemented during his terms as President. She served until his death in 1945.

In 1944, on November 7th, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was reelected to a fourth term as President of the United States. Running against Thomas Dewey, Governor of New York, Roosevelt won 53.4 of the popular vote, Dewey got 45.9%.

In 1970, on May 4th, four students at Kent State University in Ohio were shot and killed by National Guardsmen. The students were at a peaceful demonstration protesting the invasion of Cambodia by US forces. There had been precedent for the killing of American college students. The previous year, on May 15th, Alameda County Sheriffs used shotguns against U.C. Berkeley students at a protest for People's Park. One student died, one was blinded, 128 were injured.

In 1989, on January 20th, George Herbert Walker Bush became the 41st President of the United States. Previously Ronald Regan's Vice President, he ran against Michael Dukakis and won the popular vote by 53.4% to 45.6%.

In 1996, on April 3rd, Theodore Kaczynski (nicknamed the Unabomber) was arrested. His mailed or hand-delivered bombs, sent between 1978 and 1995, killed three people and injured 23 others. Diagnosed as suffering from paranoid schizophrenia, Kaczynski is serving 8 life sentences without the possibility of parole.