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Sophie Pollakoff (1901 - 1975)
Sophie Pollakoff was born on October 12, 1901. She died in August 1975 at 73 years old. We know that Sophie Pollakoff had been residing in Lindenhurst, Suffolk County, New York 11757.
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Sophie Pollakoff passed away in August 1975 at 73 years old. She was born on October 12, 1901. There is no information about Sophie's family. We know that Sophie Pollakoff had been residing in Lindenhurst, Suffolk County, New York 11757.
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In 1901, in the year that Sophie Pollakoff was born, John Pierpont "J. P." Morgan created U.S. Steel. J.P. Morgan was an American banker and financier who dominated U.S. business at this time. He had previously overseen the creation of General Electric, as well as International Harvester and AT&T. He has been referred to as America's greatest banker. U.S. Steel was the first billion dollar company in the world, worth $1.4 billion in 1901.
In 1921, at the age of 20 years old, Sophie was alive when in May, the Emergency Quota Act - or Emergency Immigration Act - was passed. The law restricted the number of immigrants to 357,000 per year. It also established an immigration quota in which only 3 per cent of the total population of any ethnic group already in the USA in 1910, could be admitted to America after 1921. Although the Act was supposed to be temporary, it stayed in effect until 1965.
In 1959, she was 58 years old when on August 8th, Hawaii became the 50th state of the United States. The US flag was changed to show 50 stars.
In 1961, Sophie was 60 years old when on April 17th, about 1,000 CIA trained Cuban exiles invaded Cuba with the intention of igniting a rebellion and overthrowing Castro. They were defeated within three days. Although the operation began under Eisenhower, Kennedy approved it and the operation, named the Bay of Pigs for the beach where they landed, was a humiliation for the United States.
In 1975, in the year of Sophie Pollakoff's passing, in January, Popular Mechanics featured the Altair 8800 on it's cover. The Altair home computer kit allowed consumers to build and program their own personal computers. Thousands were sold in the first month.
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