Sadie B Leonard (1899 - 1988)

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Anna Marion McLeran

Cornelia Beal Leonard Harty

Col. Henry Leonard and Eliza Tharpe

E. S. Leonard

Wilbur Hampton Leonard

Unknown boy - "Lil Lord Fauntleroy?"

S.A. and Alice Leonard

Bernard Leonard

Robert William Leonard

Jane Leonard 1923-2005 & Tom Leonard 1921-1963

Tom and Mary Leonard

Mary Leonard 1918-2013 and grandfather, Daniel R. Leonard 1846-1924.

Margaret Leonard

Henry Clarence Leonard

Bill Leonard 1913-1951

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In 1899, in the year that Sadie B Leonard was born, on February 4th, the Philippine–American War began. The Philippines objected to the Treaty of Paris, signed in 1898, that transferred possession of the Philippines from Spain to the U.S. Filipinos began a fight for independence and fighting between U.S. forces and those of the Philippine Republic broke out. On June 2nd, the Philippines officially declared war on the United States.

In 1909, by the time she was just 10 years old, William Howard Taft became the 27th President of the United States on March 4th. Previously Secretary of War, Judge on the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, Solicitor General of the U.S., and Governor of both the Philippines and Cuba, Taft was the only President who went on to become Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

In 1918, at the age of 19 years old, Sadie was alive when federal spending was $12.68 billion, unemployment was 1.4% and the cost of a first-class stamp was 3 cents.

In 1971, Sadie was 72 years old when in March, Intel shipped the first microprocessor to Busicom, a Japanese manufacturer of calculators. The microprocessor has since allowed computers to become smaller and faster, leading to smaller and more versatile handheld devices, home computers, and supercomputers.

In 1988, in the year of Sadie B Leonard's passing, on December 16th, 1988 the popular film Rain Man was released. Featuring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise. this film brought attention to autistic savants and was based on the "megasavant" Laurence Kim Peek. The film would later go to win four Oscars including Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Director and Best Actor in a Leading Role.