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Violet Purchard 1904 - 1996

Violet Purchard (1904 - 1996)
Full legal name
Violet Purchard
Last Known Residence
Tarzana, Los Angeles County, California 91356
Born
December 7, 1904
Death
March 22, 1996
Summary
Violet Purchard of Tarzana, Los Angeles County, California was born on December 7, 1904, and died at age 91 years old on March 22, 1996.

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Tarzana, Los Angeles County, California 91356
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December 7, 1904
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March 22, 1996
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Violet Purchard passed away at age 91 years old on March 22, 1996. Violet Purchard of Tarzana, Los Angeles County, California was born on December 7, 1904.

Average Age & Life Expectancy

Violet Purchard lived 22 years longer than the average Purchard family member when she died at the age of 91.
The average age of a Purchard family member is 69.
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1904 - 1996 World Events

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In 1904, in the year that Violet Purchard was born, the first underground line of the New York City subway system opened. London's underground system was opened in 1863 and Boston opened one in 1897, but New York quickly became the largest system in the U.S. More than 100,000 people paid 5 cents to ride under Manhattan that first day.

In 1913, at the age of only 9 years old, Violet was alive when ratified in February the 16th Amendment, establishing a Federal income tax, became law. Previously, customs duties (tariffs) and excise taxes were the primary sources of federal revenue. With the passage of the 16th Amendment, incomes of couples exceeding $4,000, as well as those of single persons earning $3,000 or more, were subject to a 1% Federal tax (that would be about $98,000 and $74,000 now). Rates rose to 7% for incomes over half a million dollars. Less than 1% of the population was subject to income tax.

In 1922, she was 18 years old when the Reparations Commission assessed German liability for World War 1 at 132 billion gold marks (over $32 billion U.S. dollars at the time). This led to hyperinflation in Germany and created the political and social atmosphere in which Hitler was able to rise to power.

In 1946, Violet was 42 years old when on July 4th, the Philippines gained independence from the United States. In 1964, Independence Day in the Philippines was moved from July 4th to June 12th at the insistence of nationalists and historians.

In 1996, in the year of Violet Purchard's passing, 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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