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Velma Cannon 1915 - 1995

Velma Cannon of Bridgeview, Cook County, IL was born on November 27, 1915, and died at age 79 years old on January 16, 1995.
Velma Cannon
Bridgeview, Cook County, IL 60455
November 27, 1915
January 16, 1995
Female
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  • 11/27
    1915

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    November 27, 1915
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  • 01/16
    1995

    Death

    January 16, 1995
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    Velma Cannon lived 8 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 79.
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In 1915, in the year that Velma Cannon was born, in May, the RMS Lusitania was sunk by a German torpedo. The Lusitania was a British passenger ship that was sailing from New York to Liverpool England. She sank in 18 minutes - 1,198 died and 761 survived. While travelers were the main casualty - and commodity - the Lusitania did carry wartime weapons. "Remember the Lusitania" became the rallying cry of World War 1.
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In 1943, at the age of 28 years old, Velma was alive when on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.
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