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Tilly R Hammel 1895 - 1988

Tilly R Hammel (1895 - 1988)
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Tilly R Hammel
Last Known Residence
Swampscott, Essex County, Massachusetts 01907
Born
February 23, 1895
Death
April 20, 1988
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Tilly R Hammel of Swampscott, Essex County, Massachusetts was born on February 23, 1895, and died at age 93 years old on April 20, 1988.

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Swampscott, Essex County, Massachusetts 01907
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Tilly Hammel passed away at age 93 years old on April 20, 1988. Tilly R Hammel of Swampscott, Essex County, Massachusetts was born on February 23, 1895.

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Tilly R Hammel lived 19 years longer than the average Hammel family member when she died at the age of 93.
The average age of a Hammel family member is 74.
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1895 - 1988 World Events

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In 1895, in the year that Tilly R Hammel was born, on May 18th, Italy's first motor race was held. The race was 58 miles long - from Turin to Asti and back. Five cars started but only three completed the race. It was won by Simone Federman who drove a Daimler Omnibus - his average speed was 9.6 mph.

In 1904, she was only 9 years old when the United States acquired the Panama Canal Zone. Now an unincorporated territory of the U.S., the Canal Zone had been previously held by the French, who were constructing a canal. The U.S. took over the construction of the Panama Canal and it was finally finished in 1914, when it was opened to commercial shipping. The United States held the Canal Zone until 1979.

In 1956, by the time she was 61 years old, this was the year that the King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley, became an international sensation. He began the year as a regional favorite and ended the year with 17 recordings having been on the Billboard’s Top 100 singles chart, 11 TV appearances, and a movie. Elvis scandalized adults and thrilled teens.

In 1978, when she was 83 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.

In 1988, in the year of Tilly R Hammel's passing, on December 16th, 1988 the popular film Rain Man was released. Featuring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise. this film brought attention to autistic savants and was based on the "megasavant" Laurence Kim Peek. The film would later go to win four Oscars including Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Director and Best Actor in a Leading Role.

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