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Victor N Rittenhouse (1923 - 2008)

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Victor N Rittenhouse
1923 - 2008
Born
November 16, 1923
Death
July 28, 2008
Last Known Residence
Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania 17603
Summary
Victor N Rittenhouse of Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania was born on November 16, 1923, and died at age 84 years old on July 28, 2008.
Updated: August 10, 2022
Biography ID: 23589108

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Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania 17603
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November 16, 1923
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Ethnicity & Family History

White, Citizen

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Lancaster County, Pennsylvania United States

Education

1 Year Of High School

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Semiskilled Chauffeurs And Drivers, Bus, Taxi, Truck, And Tractor

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Military Service

Military serial#: 33504473 Enlisted: March 17, 1943 in Harrisburg Pennsylvania Military branch: No Branch Assignment Rank: Private, Selectees (enlisted Men) Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For The Duration Of The War Or Other Emergency, Plus Six Months, Subject To The Discretion Of The President Or Otherwise According To Law
July 28, 2008
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Victor Rittenhouse passed away at age 84 years old on July 28, 2008. Victor N Rittenhouse of Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania was born on November 16, 1923.

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Victor N Rittenhouse lived 10 years longer than the average Rittenhouse family member when he died at the age of 84.
The average age of a Rittenhouse family member is 74.
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1923 - 2008 World Events

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In 1923, in the year that Victor N Rittenhouse was born, on August 2nd, Calvin Coolidge was sworn in as the 30th President of the United States due to the sudden death of Warren G. Harding. After the scandals of the Harding presidency, Coolidge restored public confidence and was very popular. He won the Presidential election in 1924 but declined to run again in 1928.

In 1945, by the time he was 22 years old, on March 12th, a riot erupted at a Japanese internment camp in Santa Fe New Mexico. Two days earlier, white shirts with the Rising Sun on the back had been confiscated and the prisoners objected. Three leaders of the protest were removed and sent to another camp. Guards at the Santa Fe camp were armed with submachine guns, shotguns, and gun masks. On the morning of the 12th, prisoners began throwing rocks at the guards. When the "rioters" wouldn't disperse, the guards were ordered to use tear gas and batons. Four men were badly injured as a result.

In 1959, at the age of 36 years old, Victor was alive when on August 8th, Hawaii became the 50th state of the United States. The US flag was changed to show 50 stars.

In 1969, at the age of 46 years old, Victor was alive when on July 20th, the first men walked on the moon. Apollo 11 astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. both walked on the moon but it was Armstrong who first stepped on the moon. They fulfilled the promise of President Kennedy's commitment in 1961 to put a man on the moon before the end of the decade.

In 1996, he was 73 years old when on April 3rd, Theodore Kaczynski (nicknamed the Unabomber) was arrested. His mailed or hand-delivered bombs, sent between 1978 and 1995, killed three people and injured 23 others. Diagnosed as suffering from paranoid schizophrenia, Kaczynski is serving 8 life sentences without the possibility of parole.

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