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Sam Jr LaPorte 1920 - 2009

Sam Jr Laporte of Oak Lawn, Cook County, IL was born on November 25, 1920, and died at age 88 years old on October 11, 2009.
Sam Jr Laporte
Oak Lawn, Cook County, IL 60453
November 25, 1920
October 11, 2009
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  • 11/25
    1920

    Birthday

    November 25, 1920
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    White, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Cook County, Illinois United States
  • Early Life & Education

    1 Year Of High School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 36372266 Enlisted: September 15, 1942 in Chicago Illinois Military branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, Usa 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

    Semiskilled Machine Shop And Related Occupations, N.e.c.
  • 10/11
    2009

    Death

    October 11, 2009
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
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In 1920, in the year that Sam Jr LaPorte was born, Italian born factory worker Nicola Sacco and fish peddler Bartolomeo Vanzetti were picked up by police on May 5th in connection with the April 15th murder and robbery of a guard and a paymaster at the Slater and Morrill Shoe Company in South Braintree, Mass. Although in later years they were thought to be innocent, they were anarchists and were convicted of the crime and put to death.
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In 1931, Sam was only 11 years old when on May 1st, the Empire State Building opened in New York City. At 1,454 feet (including the roof and antenna), it was the tallest building in the world until the World Trade Center's North Tower was built in 1970. (It is now the 34th tallest.) Opening at the beginning of the Great Depression, most of the offices in the Empire State Building remained unoccupied for years and the observation deck was an equal source of revenue and kept the building profitable.
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