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Rodney Lee Thornton 1942 - 1998

Rodney Lee Thornton was born on April 3, 1942, and died at age 55 years old on February 26, 1998. Rodney Thornton was buried at West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery Section J Site 4439 4000 Forest Hill-irene Rd, in Memphis, Tn. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Rodney Lee Thornton.
Rodney Lee Thornton
April 3, 1942
February 26, 1998
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  • 04/3
    1942

    Birthday

    April 3, 1942
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Navy Rank attained: AN Wars/Conflicts: Vietnam
  • 02/26
    1998

    Death

    February 26, 1998
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Funeral date
    West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery Section J Site 4439 4000 Forest Hill-irene Rd, in Memphis, Tn 38125
    Burial location
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In 1942, in the year that Rodney Lee Thornton was born, on June 17th, Roosevelt approved the Manhattan Project, which lead to the development of the first atomic bomb. With the support of Canada and the United Kingdom, the Project came to employ more than 130,000 people and cost nearly $2 billion. Julius Robert Oppenheimer, a nuclear physicist born in New York, led the Los Alamos Laboratory that developed the actual bomb. The first artificial nuclear explosion took place near Alamogordo New Mexico on July 16, 1945.
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In 1960, he was 18 years old when on September 26th, the first televised debate for a Presidential campaign in the United States - Kennedy vs Nixon - was held. Seventy million people watched the debate on TV. The debate pre-empted the very popular Andy Griffith Show.
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