Stephen John Diak, Jr.
Updated Feb 06, 2019
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  2. 2. Biography & Family History
  3. 3. Family Tree & Genealogy
  4. 4. Obituary
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Stephen John Diak, Jr. (born 1946)

Stephen John Diak, Jr. was born on March 1, 1946 at Fulton, Oswego County, New York. He was born to June Evelyn McGraw and Stephen John Diak, with siblings Mary, David, Donald, and Infant.
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 at Fulton, Oswego County, New York,

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Family

Mother: June Evelyn McGraw
Father: Stephen John Diak
Siblings: Mary Lee Diak, David Damon Diak, Donald Damon Diak, and Infant Male Diak

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In 1947, in June, the Marshall Plan was proposed to help European nations recover economically from World War II. It passed the conservative Republican Congress in March of 1948. After World War I, the economic devastation of Germany caused by burdensome reparations payments led to the rise of Hitler. The Allies didn't want this to happen again and the Marshall Plan was devised to make sure that those conditions didn't arise again.

In 1962, on October 1st, African-American James H. Meredith, escorted by federal marshals, registered at the University of Mississippi - becoming the first African-American student admitted to the segregated college. He had been inspired by President Kennedy's inaugural address to apply for admission.

In 1979, on November 4th, Iranian militant students seized the US embassy in Teheran and held 52 American citizens and diplomats hostage for 444 days. They were released at the end of the inauguration speech of the newly elected Ronald Reagan.

In 1980, on April 24th, a rescue attempt was begun in the Iranian Hostage Crisis. The attempt failed and 8 US servicemen were killed. Eight helicopters had been sent for the mission, but only 5 arrived in operating condition., Since the military had advised that the mission be aborted if there were fewer than 6 helicopters, President Carter stopped it. Upon leaving, a helicopter collided with a transport plane and the men were killed.

In 1991, on January 16th, Allied forces began the first phase of Operation Desert Storm. Saddam Hussein's forces had previously invaded the sovereign state of Kuwait and the focus of the operation was to remove his Iraqi troops from Kuwait. On February 24th, the ground war began. Within 100 hours, American ground troops declared Kuwait liberated.

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No cause of death has been entered. He was born on March 1, 1946 at Fulton, Oswego County, New York. Stephen John Diak, Jr. was born to June Evelyn McGraw and Stephen John Diak, with siblings Mary, David, Donald, and Infant.

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