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Ralph Cowan 1901 - 1973

Ralph Cowan of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois was born on November 15, 1901, and died at age 71 years old in August 1973.
Ralph Cowan
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 60631
November 15, 1901
August 1973
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Ralph Cowan's History: 1901 - 1973

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  • 11/15
    1901

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    November 15, 1901
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  • 08/dd
    1973

    Death

    August 1973
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    Ralph Cowan lived 2 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 71.
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In 1901, in the year that Ralph Cowan was born, shortly after beginning his second term, President McKinley was assassinated by the self proclaimed anarchist Leon Czolgosz. The last President to have served in the Civil War - he began as a private and ended the war as a brevet major - McKinley was a Republican. First elected in 1896, he was re-elected in 1900. Six months after the swearing in, McKinley was shot - and died of the gangrene that set in as a result.
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In 1924, Ralph was 23 years old when 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.
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