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Ray Joseph Adams 1920 - 1988

Ray Joseph Adams was born on June 12, 1920, and died at age 68 years old on December 26, 1988. Ray Adams was buried at Crownsville Veterans Cemetery Section 3C1 Row 5 Site 5 1122 Sunrise Beach Road, in Crownsville, Md. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Ray Joseph Adams.
Ray Joseph Adams
June 12, 1920
December 26, 1988
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  • 06/12
    1920

    Birthday

    June 12, 1920
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: PFC Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 12/26
    1988

    Death

    December 26, 1988
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Funeral date
    Crownsville Veterans Cemetery Section 3C1 Row 5 Site 5 1122 Sunrise Beach Road, in Crownsville, Md 21032
    Burial location
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In 1920, in the year that Ray Joseph Adams was born, on November 2, radio station KDKA began broadcasting in Pittsburgh, PA. This was the first commercial radio broadcast in the United States. Westinghouse, a leading manufacturer of radios and the backer of the station, chose the date because of the Presidential election. People liked it because they could hear about the results of the election between Harding and Cox before the morning papers arrived. Four years later, there were 600 commercial stations broadcasting in the U.S.
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In 1943, at the age of 23 years old, Ray was alive when on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.
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