
Sheila Rae De Coursin (1927 - 2008)
Sheila Rae De Coursin Biography
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Sheila Rae De Coursin
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First nameSheila
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Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
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when she died at the age of 81.
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Sheila Rae De Coursin died on May 14, 2008 at 81 years old. She was born on April 12, 1927. We have no information about Sheila's family. We know that Sheila Rae De Coursin had been residing in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.1927 - 2008 World Events
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In 1927, in the year that Sheila Rae De Coursin was born, in September, the Columbia Broadcasting System (later called CBS) became the second national radio network in the U.S. The first broadcast was a presentation by the Howard Barlow Orchestra from radio station WOR in Newark, New Jersey.
In 1934, she was just 7 years old when on November 11th 1933, an extremely strong dust storm hit South Dakota, stripping topsoil. Other strong dust storms had occurred during 1933. Severe droughts continued to hit the Great Plains and the dust storms devastated agricultural production as well as people's' lives for several years. The Roosevelt administration and scientists eventually determined that farming practices had caused the conditions that led to the dust storms and the changes they implemented in farming stopped the Dust Bowl.
In 1946, Sheila was 19 years old when pediatrician Dr. Benjamin Spock's book "The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care" was published. It sold half a million copies in the first six months. Aside from the Bible, it became the best selling book of the 20th century. A generation of Baby Boomers were raised by the advice of Dr. Spock.
In 1956, she was 29 years old when on May 20th, the U.S. tested the first hydrogen bomb dropped from a plane over Bikini Atoll. Previously, hydrogen bombs had only been tested on the ground. The Atomic Age moved forward.
In 1995, she was 68 years old when on October 16th, the Million Man March took place on the National Mall in Washington DC. The March was organized to address "the ills of black communities and call for unity and revitalization of African American communities". An estimated 850,000 people attended.
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