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Roosevelt Wagstaff 1918 - 1972

Roosevelt Wagstaff (1918 - 1972)
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Roosevelt Wagstaff
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July 19, 1918
Death
October 30, 1972
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Roosevelt Wagstaff was born on July 19, 1918, and died at age 54 years old on October 30, 1972. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Roosevelt Wagstaff.

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Roosevelt Wagstaff passed away at age 54 years old on October 30, 1972. Roosevelt Wagstaff was born on July 19, 1918. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Roosevelt Wagstaff.

Average Age & Life Expectancy

Roosevelt Wagstaff lived 14 years shorter than the average Wagstaff family member when he died at the age of 54.
The average age of a Wagstaff family member is 68.
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1918 - 1972 World Events

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In 1918, in the year that Roosevelt Wagstaff was born, federal spending was $12.68 billion, unemployment was 1.4% and the cost of a first-class stamp was 3 cents.

In 1921, by the time he was just 3 years old, the silent film The Sheik, directed by George Melford and starring Rudolph Valentino and Agnes Ayres (also featuring Adolphe Menjou) debuted on October 21st. Critics weren't enthusiastic but the public loved it - in the first few weeks 125,000 people had seen the movie - and it eventually exceeded $1 million in ticket sales. And Rudolph Valentino, an Italian American, became the heartthrob of a female generation.

In 1944, when he was 26 years old, on December 16th, The Battle of the Bulge began in the Ardennes forest on the Western Front. Lasting for a little over a month, the battle began with a surprise attack by Germany on the Allied forces The U.S. suffered their highest casualties of any operation in World War II - 89,000 were casualties, around 8,600 killed - but Germany also severely depleted their resources and they couldn't be replaced.

In 1966, he was 48 years old when on September 8th, the first Star Trek episode, "The Man Trap," was broadcast on NBC. The plot concerned a creature that sucked salt from human bodies. The original series only aired for 3 seasons due to low ratings.

In 1972, in the year of Roosevelt Wagstaff's passing, on November 7th, Richard Nixon won re-election, amidst the dawning knowledge of the Watergate scandal, by 60.7% to anti-war candidate George McGovern's 37.5%.

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