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Sonny Johnson 1943 - 1971

Sonny Johnson was born on April 4, 1943, and died at age 28 years old in April 1971. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Sonny Johnson.
Sonny Johnson
April 4, 1943
April 1971
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  • 04/4
    1943

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    April 4, 1943
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  • 04/dd
    1971

    Death

    April 1971
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    Sonny Johnson lived 45 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 27.
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In 1943, in the year that Sonny Johnson was born, on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.
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In 1957, Sonny was just 14 years old when on October 4th, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I, the first man made earth-orbiting satellite - and triggered the Space Race. Sputnik I was only 23 inches in diameter and had no tracking equipment, only 4 antennas, but it had a big impact.
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