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Russell Nelson 1925 - 1996

Russell P Nelson of Buffalo, Erie County, NY was born on August 30, 1925, and died at age 71 years old on December 17, 1996.
Russell P Nelson
Buffalo, Erie County, NY 14225
August 30, 1925
December 17, 1996
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Russell P Nelson's History: 1925 - 1996

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  • 08/30
    1925

    Birthday

    August 30, 1925
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    White, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Erie County, New York United States
  • Early Life & Education

    4 Years Of High School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 42173680 Enlisted: February 23, 1945 in Buffalo New York Military branch: No Branch Assignment Rank: Private, Selectees (enlisted Men) Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For The Duration Of The War Or Other Emergency, Plus Six Months, Subject To The Discretion Of The President Or Otherwise According To Law
  • Professional Career

    General Farmers
  • 12/17
    1996

    Death

    December 17, 1996
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
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In 1925, in the year that Russell Nelson was born, in July, the Scopes Trial - often called the Scopes Monkey Trial - took place, prosecuting a substitute teacher for teaching evolution in school. Tennessee had enacted a law that said it was "unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school". William Jennings Bryan headed the prosecution and Clarence Darrow headed the defense. The teacher was found guilty and fined $100. An appeal to the Supreme Court of Tennessee upheld the law but overturned the guilty verdict.
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In 1942, by the time he was 17 years old, 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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