Rodney B. King (born 1958)

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Rodney B. King & Delanna D. (Copeland) King

May 29, 1983 - October 27, 1989 Harrison County, TX

Rodney B. King

Delanna D. (Copeland) King

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Delanna D. (Copeland) King

c. 1965 - Unknown

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Robert J King Jr

Crystal Renee (King) Stanton

Elizabeth King

John Henry (Cidon) King

John Henry (Cidon) King

Dolores Dee (King) Smothermon

Cidon B “CB” King

Oran Sibley King

Lucy Virginia (King) Bollinger

W. Edward Turner

Marabel (King) Turner

Alice Diane (Needy) King Gravesite

Alice Diane (Needy) King

Alice Diane (Needy) King

Alice Diane (Needy) King

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In 1958, in the year that Rodney B. King was born, 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.

In 1967, on November 7th, President Johnson signed legislation passed by Congress that created the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which would later become PBS and NPR. The legislation required CPB to operate with a "strict adherence to objectivity and balance in all programs or series of programs of a controversial nature".

In 1971, in March, Congress passed the Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which lowered the voting age to 18 (from 21). It was a response to the criticism that men could fight at 18, but not vote for the policies and politicians who sent them to war. The states quickly ratified the Amendment and it was signed into law on July 1st by President Richard Nixon.

In 1985, in May, a paper published in Nature by three British scientists reported that a huge hole was discovered in the ozone layer over the Antarctic. It was much larger than expected and is due to the use of manmade chemicals.

In 1999, the fear that Y2K (year 2000) would cause the failure of computers worldwide when clocks didn't properly update to January 1st, 2000 became near panic. While some computer systems and software did have problems, the panic was unfounded and computer life went on.