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Ralph E Mortonson (1931 - 2002)
Ralph E Mortonson was born on December 29, 1931. He died on November 10, 2002 at 70 years old. We know that Ralph E Mortonson had been residing in Livonia, Wayne County, Michigan 48150.
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Ralph E Mortonson passed away on November 10, 2002 at 70 years old. He was born on December 29, 1931. We are unaware of information about Ralph's family. We know that Ralph E Mortonson had been residing in Livonia, Wayne County, Michigan 48150.
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1931 - 2002 World Events
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In 1931, in the year that Ralph E Mortonson was born, in March, “The Star Spangled Banner” officially became the national anthem by congressional resolution. Other songs had previously been used - among them, "My Country, 'Tis of Thee", "God Bless America", and "America the Beautiful". There was fierce debate about making "The Star Spangled Banner" the national anthem - Southerners and veterans organizations supported it, pacifists and educators opposed it.
In 1947, when he was 16 years old, on November 25th, the Hollywood "Black List" was created by the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). Ten Hollywood writers and directors had refused to testify to the Committee regarding "Communists" or "Reds" in the movie industry. The next day, the blacklist was created and they were fired.
In 1950, when he was 19 years old, on October 2, Charlie Brown appeared in the first Peanuts comic strip - created by Charles Schultz - and he was the only character in that strip. That year, Schultz said that Charlie was 4 years old, but Charlie aged a bit through the years.
In 1970, he was 39 years old when on May 1st, US troops invaded Cambodia, expanding the Vietnam War. The invasion of Cambodia was a Nixon policy, although it was argued against by both his Secretary of State and his Secretary of Defense.
In 1996, by the time he was 65 years old, 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.
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