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Sam Leff 1898 - 1973

Sam Leff of Bronx, Bronx County, NY was born on December 25, 1898, and died at age 75 years old in December 1973.
Sam Leff
Bronx, Bronx County, NY 10475
December 25, 1898
December 1973
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    1898

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    December 25, 1898
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  • 12/dd
    1973

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    December 1973
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    Sam Leff lived 3 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 74.
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In 1898, in the year that Sam Leff was born, on February 15th, the USS Maine exploded and sank in Havana harbor. The reason for the explosion has never been found, but it killed 266 men. "Remember the Maine" became a rallying cry and precipitated the United States' declaration of war on Spain two months later - the beginning of the Spanish-American War. On December 10th, the war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. The Treaty gave the U.S. Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Guam - for $20 million - and, temporarily, Cuba.
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In 1916, Sam was 18 years old when in June, the U.S. Congress authorized a plan to expand the armed forces over the next five years. Called the National Defense Act of 1916, the national law expanded the National Guard and Army (the Army added an aviation unit), created the Reserves, and gave the President expanded authority to federalize the National Guard. It also allowed the government to stockpile, in advance, materiel to be used in wartime.
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