Theodore David Jordan (1909 - 2008)

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Louis Jordan

Added: Jun 19, 2020

Louis Jordan

Added: Jun 19, 2020

Gilbert L Jordan Ii

Added: Nov 19, 2019

Esoterica Kennerson Jordan

Added: Nov 19, 2019

Greta Alena Jordan

Added: Nov 13, 2019

Will Jordan, Dick Van Patten and Steve Randisi

Added: Oct 29, 2019

Charlie Miklin and Sheila Jordan

Added: Jul 01, 2019

Charlie Miklin and Sheila Jordan

Added: Jun 15, 2019

Will Jordan

Added: May 20, 2019

Will Jordan and Ed Sullivan

Added: May 20, 2019

Kimberly D Jordan

Added: Mar 25, 2019

Carmene Jordan

Added: Jan 27, 2019

Megan Elizabeth (Jordan) Dollar

Added: Dec 24, 2018

Sheila Jordan

Added: Jun 24, 2018

Duke Jordan

Added: Nov 27, 2017

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In 1909, in the year that Theodore David Jordan was born, the U.S. penny was changed to the Abraham Lincoln design. The Lincoln penny was so popular that it soon had to be rationed and it sold on the secondary market for a quarter. Abraham Lincoln was the first historical figure to be on a U.S. coin - which was released to commemorate his 100th birthday. This penny was also the first U.S. cent to include the words "In God We Trust.".

In 1917, at the age of merely 8 years old, Theodore was alive when in April, the U.S. entered World War I, declaring war against Germany. President Wilson had previously declared neutrality in the war - a position supported by the majority of Americans - but after Germany declared that they would sink all ships trading with Great Britain and sunk U.S. ships, public opinion began to change. Then the Lusitania was sunk, killing 1,201 - including 128 Americans - and more U.S. ships were sunk. The U.S. could stand aside no longer.

In 1924, he was only 15 years old when in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.

In 1963, at the age of 54 years old, Theodore was alive when the British Secretary of War, 46 year old John Profumo ,was forced to resign when he lied about an affair with 19 year old Christine Keeler. Keeler was also involved with the Soviet naval attaché and charges of espionage were feared. No proof of spying was ever found.

In 1978, when he was 69 years old, on November 18th, Jim Jones's Peoples Temple followers committed mass suicide in Jonestown, Guyana - where they had moved, from San Francisco, as a group. Jones was the leader of the cult and ordered his followers to drink cyanide-laced punch, which they did. Whole families (women and children included) died - more than 900 people in all.