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Violet Ackelson 1908 - 1987

Violet Ackelson (1908 - 1987)
Full legal name
Violet Ackelson
Last Known Residence
Salem, Columbiana County, Ohio 44460
Born
April 11, 1908
Death
January 1987
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Violet Ackelson of Salem, Columbiana County, Ohio was born on April 11, 1908, and died at age 78 years old in January 1987.

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Salem, Columbiana County, Ohio 44460
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April 11, 1908
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January 1987
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Violet Ackelson passed away at age 78 years old in January 1987. Violet Ackelson of Salem, Columbiana County, Ohio was born on April 11, 1908.

Average Age & Life Expectancy

Violet Ackelson lived 6 years longer than the average Ackelson family member when she died at the age of 78.
The average age of an Ackelson family member is 72.
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1908 - 1987 World Events

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In 1908, in the year that Violet Ackelson was born, a mysterious Siberian explosion leveled over 770 square miles of forest. There were no human casualties. Explanations of the explosion have included a comet, meteorite, natural atomic explosion, or a crashed UFO. Although it is called an impact event - the largest one in recorded earth history - there is no crater and it is widely thought that the explosion was caused by a meteor exploding 3 to 6 miles above the earth.

In 1912, by the time she was just 4 years old, in October, former President Theodore Roosevelt was shot, but not killed, while campaigning for another term as President with the newly created Bull Moose (Progressive) Party. John Schrank was a Bavarian-born saloon-keeper from New York who had been stalking Roosevelt when he shot him just before a campaign speech. Shot in the chest (and showing the audience his bloody shirt), Roosevelt went on to give a 55 to 90 minute talk (reports vary on the length) before being treated for the injury. After 8 days in the hospital, Roosevelt went back on the campaign trail.

In 1938, by the time she was 30 years old, on October 30th, a Sunday, The Mercury Theatre on the Air broadcast Orson Welles' special Halloween show The War of the World's. A clever take on H.G. Wells' novel, the show began with simulated "breaking news" of an invasion by Martians. Because of the realistic nature of the "news," there was a public outcry the next day, calling for regulation by the FCC. Although the current story is that many were fooled and panicked, in reality very few people were fooled. But the show made Orson Welles' career.

In 1950, at the age of 42 years old, Violet was alive when in February, Joe McCarthy gave a speech alleging that he had a list of "members of the Communist Party and members of a spy ring" who worked in the State Department. He went on to chair a committee that investigated not only the State Department but also the administration of President Harry S. Truman, the Voice of America, and the U.S. Army for communist spies - until he was condemned by the U.S. Senate in 1954.

In 1987, in the year of Violet Ackelson's passing, was the first time that a criminal in the United States - a serial rapist - was convicted through the use of DNA evidence.

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