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Rita Murphy
(1896 - 1975)
updated February 06, 2019
Rita Murphy was born on June 7, 1896. She died in January 1975 at 78 years old. We know that Rita Murphy had been residing in Rochelle Park, Bergen County, New Jersey 07662.
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Rita Murphy passed away in January 1975 at age 78. She was born on June 7, 1896. We have no information about Rita's immediate family. We know that Rita Murphy had been residing in Rochelle Park, Bergen County, New Jersey 07662.
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1896 - 1975 World Events
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In 1896, in the year that Rita Murphy was born, on January 4th, Utah became the 45th state in the United States. After the LDS Church banned polygamy in 1890, Utah's application for statehood became acceptable to Congress and the Utah Territory became Utah..
In 1911, by the time she was only 15 years old, the first Indianapolis 500 was run in May. Ray Harroun was the winner - he was an engineer and had retired from racing but he came back for this race. After the race, he retired for good. The purse was $27,550 - the largest offered up to that time - and Harroun received $10,000 for first place. His average time was 74.602 mph.
In 1924, by the time she was 28 years old, Macy's department store in New York held its first "Thanksgiving parade" on November 27th at 9a - during church services but leaving plenty of time to attend the big football game between Syracuse and Columbia universities. The parade was held as a way to promote the opening of the “World’s Largest Store” and its 1 million square feet of retail space in Manhattan’s Herald Square. The parade was 6 miles long and included floats, Macy's employees dressed as clowns, cowboys, and sword-wielding knights, and animals from Central Park Zoo. Santa Claus, of course, brought up the rear - opening the Christmas shopping season for Macy's.
In 1935, she was 39 years old when on September 8th, Louisiana Senator Huey Long was shot by Dr. Carl Weiss. Weiss was shot and killed immediately by Long's bodyguards - Long died two days later from his injuries. Long had received many death threats previously, as well as threats against his family. He was a powerful and controversial figure in Louisiana politics (and probably gained power through multiple criminal acts). His opponents became frustrated with their attempts to oust him and Dr. Weiss was the son-in-law of one of those opponents. His funeral was attended by 200,000 mourners.
In 1975, in the year of Rita Murphy's passing, on September 5th, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme tried to assassinate President Ford in Sacramento, California. She failed when her gun wouldn't fire. President Ford escaped a second assassination attempt 17 days later on September 22 when Sarah Jane Moore tried to shoot him in San Francisco. A bystander saw her raise her arm, grabbed it, and the shot went wild.
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May 8, 1934 - Unknown
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1903 - 1950
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1902 - 1927
Unknown - 1925
1907 - 1913
Sep 6, 1924 - Sep 28, 2006
Aug 13, 1926 - Oct 13, 2003
Jul 31, 1917 - Jun 9, 1964
Jun 4, 1920 - Jan 8, 1988
around 1920 - Jul 6, 1925
around 1912 - Jan 23, 1913
around 1919 - Oct 14, 1939
around 1914 - Apr 7, 1914
around 1929 - Jun 6, 1935
Other Murphies
Apr 23, 1921 - Aug 3, 2009
Dec 15, 1902 - September 1972
May 9, 1920 - Mar 30, 1995
Sep 21, 1920 - October 1984
Aug 29, 1909 - July 1974
Apr 12, 1918 - August 1987
Sep 28, 1908 - February 1970
Aug 5, 1916 - May 1973
Jul 14, 1916 - August 1985
Oct 15, 1921 - Feb 7, 1998
Oct 11, 1910 - Jan 5, 1994
Sep 2, 1902 - July 1981
Jul 18, 1918 - Mar 11, 2005
Jun 20, 1915 - Apr 28, 2003
Sep 28, 1920 - March 1965
Mar 1, 1922 - Oct 24, 2001
Sep 28, 1915 - February 1977
Apr 23, 1920 - Apr 21, 1998
Dec 6, 1899 - August 1984
May 5, 1918 - December 1993
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Dec 2, 1918 - Feb 2, 1989
Dec 25, 1907 - November 1967
May 22, 1923 - November 1987
May 8, 1899 - July 1983
May 22, 1898 - November 1979
May 1, 1886 - September 1970
Aug 26, 1919 - Jun 22, 2010
May 15, 1897 - May 1977
Nov 21, 1900 - July 1986
Apr 18, 1898 - October 1975
Jun 29, 1918 - Dec 25, 2005
Jan 2, 1919 - Oct 15, 1995
Feb 19, 1919 - Mar 23, 2007
Aug 14, 1899 - Oct 25, 1993
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