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Robert L Purnell 1922 - 1991

Robert L Purnell was born on June 25, 1922, and died at age 69 years old on October 29, 1991. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Robert L Purnell.

Robert L Purnell

June 25, 1922

October 29, 1991

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1922

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June 25, 1922

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1991

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October 29, 1991

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Robert L Purnell lived 1 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 69.

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In 1922, in the year that Robert L Purnell was born, on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.

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In 1960, Robert was 38 years old when on May 1st, an American CIA U-2 spy plane, piloted by Francis Gary Powers, was shot down by a surface-to-air missile over the Soviet Union. Powers ejected and survived but was captured. The U.S. claimed that the U-2 was a "weather plane" but Powers was convicted in the Soviet Union of espionage. He was released in 1962 after 1 year, 9 months and 10 days in prison.

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