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Richard E Shewmaker 1924 - 1997

Richard E Shewmaker of Penn Valley, Nevada County, CA was born on November 25, 1924, and died at age 72 years old on May 12, 1997.
Richard E Shewmaker
Penn Valley, Nevada County, CA 95946
November 25, 1924
May 12, 1997
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  • 11/25
    1924

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    November 25, 1924
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  • 05/12
    1997

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    May 12, 1997
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    Richard E Shewmaker lived 2 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 72.
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In 1924, in the year that Richard E Shewmaker was born, 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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In 1958, at the age of 34 years old, Richard was alive when on January 31st, Explorer I, the United States' answer to Sputnik I (and 2,) was launched. America had entered the Space Race. The first spacecraft to detect the Van Allen radiation belt, it remained in orbit until 1970.
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