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Rita Holiday 1947 - 1978

Rita Holiday of Brooklyn, Kings County, NY was born on May 29, 1947, and died at age 30 years old in February 1978.

Rita Holiday
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Brooklyn, Kings County, NY 11233
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May 29, 1947
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February 1978
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Updated: October 6, 2011
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Rita Holiday Rita Holiday (1947 - 1978)
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In 1947, in the year that Rita Holiday was born, 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.
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In 1952, at the age of only 5 years old, Rita was alive when on July 2, Dr. Jonas E. Salk tested the first dead-virus polio vaccine on 43 children. The worst epidemic of polio had broken out that year - in the U.S. there were 58,000 cases reported. Of these, 3,145 people had died and 21,269 were left with mild to disabling paralysis.
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Holiday, Emily (Dec 2, 1937 - Aug 16, 2006) Holiday, Joy (Apr 14, 1939 - Nov 13, 1998) Holiday, Joseph (Feb 16, 1913 - Mar 13, 1990) Holiday, Pauline (Nov 30, 1915 - Jul 4, 2002) Holiday, Everett (Jul 31, 1916 - Oct 5, 2008) Holiday, Kathryn (Feb 28, 1913 - Mar 1990) Holiday, Roland (Jul 5, 1924 - Sep 3, 1990) Holiday, Gloria (Sep 24, 1923 - Jun 1977) Holiday, Mary (Feb 9, 1921 - Jan 1, 2001) Holiday, Harold (Aug 25, 1889 - Jul 1982)
Holiday, Kiser (Apr 9, 1918 - Aug 14, 1991) Holiday, Helen (Oct 26, 1895 - Mar 1986) Holiday, Charles (Nov 26, 1934 - Jan 1984) Holiday, Sandra (Sep 16, 1950 - Jun 19, 2008) Holiday, James (Nov 11, 1905 - Sep 30, 1996) Holiday, Walter (Mar 13, 1919 - Oct 19, 2008) Holiday, Roy (Mar 23, 1930 - Sep 27, 2003) Holiday, Sadie (Jul 24, 1916 - Feb 11, 2008) Holiday, Monica (Apr 19, 1967 - Nov 17, 2003) Holiday, Susie (May 6, 1914 - Sep 1, 1989)
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