Thomas R Cornell (1948 - 1999)

Thomas's immediate relatives including parents, siblings, partnerships and children in the Cornell family tree.

Thomas's Family

Add a parent

Add a parent

Thomas R Cornell Add a partner Add a child Add a partner Add a child

Add a sibling

We currently do not have photos of Thomas R Cornell. Below are potential family photos that share Thomas's last name or surname. Pictures really do say a thousand words. Add photos of Thomas during various points of his life

Patricia Anne Cornell - Johnson

Patricia Anne Cornell - Johnson

Patricia Anne Cornell - Johnson

Patricia Anne Cornell - Johnson

Patricia Anne Cornell - Johnson

Patricia Anne Cornell - Johnson

Patricia Anne Cornell - Johnson

Patricia Anne Cornell - Johnson

Betty Dorothy Cornell

Rex Lyman Cornell

Violet G Cornell

Rose Marie Cornell Crowder Headstone

Add photo

What do you remember about Thomas R Cornell? Share your memories of special moments and stories you have heard about him. Or just leave a comment to show the world that Thomas is remembered.

Post

Refresh this page to see various historical events that occurred during Thomas's lifetime

In 1948, in the year that Thomas R Cornell was born, on January 30th, Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in New Delhi by a member of a Hindu nationalist party who thought that Gandhi was too accommodating to Muslims. The man, Nathuram Godse, shot Gandhi 3 times. He died immediately. The shooter was tried, convicted, and hung in November 1949.

In 1954, when he was only 6 years old, on May 17th, the Supreme Court released a decision on Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. The ruling stated that state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students was unconstitutional thus paving the way for integration in schools.

In 1968, Thomas was 20 years old when on January 31st, the North Vietnamese launched the Tet Offensive, a turning point in the Vietnam War. 70,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces swarmed into South Vietnam. The South Vietnamese and US troops held off the offensive but it was such fierce fighting that the U.S. public began to turn against the war.

In 1974, when he was 26 years old, on July 30th, the House Judiciary Committee adopted three articles of impeachment against President Nixon. He was charged with obstruction of justice, failure to uphold laws, and the refusal to produce material subpoenaed by the committee. In order to avoid impeachment, Richard M. Nixon announced that he would resign on August 8th, the first President to do so.

In 1991, by the time he was 43 years old, on December 25th, the Soviet Union flag was lowered and replaced by the Russian tricolor flag. It was the end of the Soviet Union. Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as President of the Soviet Union and Boris Yeltsin became President of the Russian Republic.