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Ralph Dawson Morrell
(1918 - 2005)
updated February 06, 2019
Ralph Dawson Morrell was born on October 17, 1918. He died on October 24, 2005 at 87 years of age. We know that Ralph Dawson Morrell had been residing in Dixon, Solano County, California 95620.
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Ralph Dawson Morrell died on October 24, 2005 at 87 years of age. He was born on October 17, 1918. We have no information about Ralph's family. We know that Ralph Dawson Morrell had been residing in Dixon, Solano County, California 95620.
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1918 - 2005 World Events
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In 1918, in the year that Ralph Dawson Morrell was born, on November 1, an elevated train on the Brooklyn line of the subway - driven by an inexperienced operator because of a strike - tried to navigate a turn at 30mph. The limit on the curve was 6 mph. The 2nd and 3rd cars of the 5 car wooden train were badly damaged and at least 93 people were killed, making it the deadliest crash in New York subway history.
In 1962, by the time he was 44 years old, on February 20th, Lt. Col. John H. Glenn, Jr. became the first American to orbit the Earth. The Friendship 7 flew three times around the earth in 4 hours and 55 minutes. At age 77, Glenn returned to space - the oldest person to fly in space.
In 1978, when he was 60 years old, on July 25th, Louise Brown, the first "test-tube baby", was born at Oldham Hospital in London. Louise was conceived through IVF (in vitro fertilization), a controversial and experimental procedure at the time.
In 1985, Ralph was 67 years old when on March 15th, the first internet domain name was registered - Symbolics.com. Symbolics, Inc., a spinoff of the MIT AI Lab, was a computer manufacturer headquartered in Massachusetts. The company no longer exists and the domain name was sold 25 years later.
In 1994, Ralph was 76 years old when on May 6th, the Channel Tunnel or "Chunnel" was officially opened. The Chunnel is a railway tunnel beneath the English Channel that connects Great Britain to mainland France. Original plans for such a tunnel were developed in 1802 and approved by Napoleon Bonaparte but the British rejected the plan fearing that Napoleon would use the railway to invade.
Other Biographies
Other Ralph Morrells
Unknown - Aug 8, 1916
around 1927 - Unknown
around 1919 - Unknown
around 1928 - Unknown
around 1918 - Unknown
around 1919 - Unknown
Unknown - Unknown
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around 1957 - Unknown
Jan 16, 1919 - Nov 4, 1981
Jan 16, 1919 - November 1981
Dec 9, 1919 - Jan 31, 2008
Jan 12, 1926 - Jan 6, 1990
Jul 10, 1916 - October 1984
Other Morrells
Oct 30, 1895 - November 1983
Mar 30, 1881 - March 1964
May 21, 1922 - Nov 24, 1994
Aug 27, 1920 - Jul 1, 1970
Jun 20, 1925 - Dec 31, 2009
Jan 5, 1930 - Jun 4, 2002
Mar 9, 1887 - December 1979
Apr 9, 1912 - Jun 22, 1999
Jul 11, 1931 - Sep 16, 1997
Jul 20, 1889 - February 1980
Nov 17, 1947 - Jun 26, 2009
May 15, 1969 - Aug 16, 1999
Sep 22, 1978 - Aug 9, 1995
Aug 5, 1916 - May 1977
May 29, 1908 - April 1981
Apr 20, 1889 - January 1973
Feb 29, 1892 - May 1973
Oct 24, 1930 - Feb 5, 2002
Oct 13, 1901 - Nov 22, 1999
Jun 7, 1910 - July 1983
Other Bios
Jul 29, 1917 - Dec 27, 2009
Feb 6, 1923 - Jan 28, 2000
Oct 6, 1918 - Feb 11, 2006
May 25, 1921 - January 1990
Sep 28, 1920 - Dec 21, 1999
Dec 20, 1918 - Sep 29, 1990
Aug 9, 1917 - November 1979
Aug 9, 1913 - Feb 17, 1981
May 5, 1912 - July 1975
May 20, 1912 - Jul 22, 1989
Feb 28, 1921 - Nov 11, 2006
Nov 10, 1906 - April 1981
Apr 14, 1909 - Jul 16, 1983
Feb 16, 1925 - August 1974
May 16, 1932 - Dec 4, 1993
Dec 5, 1908 - Aug 22, 1992
Jun 1, 1916 - Jan 20, 2000
May 14, 1913 - November 1984
Sep 29, 1905 - April 1972
Mar 8, 1912 - May 6, 1988
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