Pierre McGee (1886 - 1972)

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Pierre's Parents

Philippe McGee

Marie Ouellette

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Philippe McGee

Oct 22, 1856 - Mar 8, 1923

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Marie Ouellette

May 1857 - 1943

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Pierre McGee & Laura Bella (Paradis) McGee

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Laura Bella (Paradis) McGee

Maurice McGee

Gerald McGee

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Laura Bella (Paradis) McGee

1885 - 1967

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Maurice McGee

Mar 16, 1920 - Jan 2, 1998

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Gerald McGee

1917 - Oct 9, 1991

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Pierre McGee and Laura Bella Paradis

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In 1886, in the year that Pierre McGee was born, on May 4th, a general strike began in Chicago. Workers were striking for an 8 hour workday and in protest of the killing - by police - of several workers the day before. When an unknown person threw a dynamite bomb, the strike became violent. Seven policemen were killed as well as 4 civilians. It became known as the Haymarket Riot and eventually resulted in an 8 hourwork day as well as commemorations on May 1st for worker's rights.

In 1903, when he was 17 years old, the book The Souls of Black Folk, written by W. E. B. Du Bois, was published. Containing several essays on the African-American experience in America, much of the book was based on Du Bois' own life. The book was one of the very early works in the science of sociology.

In 1924, by the time he was 38 years old, in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.

In 1966, by the time he was 80 years old, on July 1st, Medicare became available after President Johnson signed into law the Medicare Act in 1965. President Truman had received the first Medicare card since he had been the first to propose national healthcare law. insurance.

In 1972, in the year of Pierre McGee's passing, on November 7th, Richard Nixon won re-election, amidst the dawning knowledge of the Watergate scandal, by 60.7% to anti-war candidate George McGovern's 37.5%.