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Walter Ribbe (1909 - 1985)

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Walter Ribbe
1909 - 1985
Born
October 11, 1909
Death
December 1985
Last Known Residence
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan 49504
Summary
Walter Ribbe of Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan was born on October 11, 1909, and died at age 76 years old in December 1985.
Updated: October 3, 2011
Biography ID: 4835816

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Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan 49504
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Walter Ribbe passed away at age 76 years old in December 1985. Walter Ribbe of Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan was born on October 11, 1909.

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Walter Ribbe lived 2 years longer than the average Ribbe family member when he died at the age of 76.
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1909 - 1985 World Events

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In 1909, in the year that Walter Ribbe was born, William Howard Taft became the 27th President of the United States on March 4th. Previously Secretary of War, Judge on the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, Solicitor General of the U.S., and Governor of both the Philippines and Cuba, Taft was the only President who went on to become Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

In 1910, at the age of just 1 year old, Walter was alive when the Mexican revolution began. Dictator Porfirio Díaz had ruled for 35 years and was nationally unpopular. When elections were held in 1910 and a rigged election kept Diaz in office. The uprising began - and lasted for another 10 years.

In 1942, at the age of 33 years old, Walter was alive when on November 28th at 10:15p, a nightclub in Boston, the Cocoanut Grove, caught fire. The origins of the fire are unknown but it killed 492 people - the deadliest nightclub fire in U.S. history. Hundreds more were injured. The disaster was so shocking that it replaced World War II in the headlines and lead to reforms in safety standards and codes.

In 1962, at the age of 53 years old, Walter was alive when on October 1st, African-American James H. Meredith, escorted by federal marshals, registered at the University of Mississippi - becoming the first African-American student admitted to the segregated college. He had been inspired by President Kennedy's inaugural address to apply for admission.

In 1985, in the year of Walter Ribbe's passing, in May, a paper published in Nature by three British scientists reported that a huge hole was discovered in the ozone layer over the Antarctic. It was much larger than expected and is due to the use of manmade chemicals.

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