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Walter Sykes
(1896 - 1985)
updated February 06, 2019
Walter Sykes was born on July 29, 1896. He died in June 1985 at age 88. We know that Walter Sykes had been residing in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington 98926.
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Walter Sykes died in June 1985 at 88 years of age. He was born on July 29, 1896. There is no information about Walter's family or relationships. We know that Walter Sykes had been residing in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington 98926.
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1896 - 1985 World Events
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In 1896, in the year that Walter Sykes was born, on August 17th, the first pedestrian v car fatality occurred in Great Britain. Bridget Driscoll, age 44, was walking with her family on the grounds of The Crystal Palace in London when she was hit by a car driven by Arthur James Edsall. Edsall claimed to be going 4.5 mph and Driscoll's death was ruled an "accidental death" after an inquest.
In 1917, he was 21 years old when the U.S. Virgin Islands were purchased from Denmark in January. While they are U.S. citizens, Virgin Islanders are ineligible to vote for the President of the United States.
In 1966, Walter was 70 years old when on July 1st, Medicare became available after President Johnson signed into law the Medicare Act in 1965. President Truman had received the first Medicare card since he had been the first to propose national healthcare law. insurance.
In 1977, he was 81 years old when on January 21st, President Carter pardoned "draft dodgers" - men who avoided the draft during the Vietnam War. He fulfilled a campaign promise with the pardon. But it only applied to civilian evaders - the estimated 500,000 to 1 million active-duty personnel who went AWOL were not included.
In 1985, in the year of Walter Sykes's passing, on March 15th, the first internet domain name was registered - Symbolics.com. Symbolics, Inc., a spinoff of the MIT AI Lab, was a computer manufacturer headquartered in Massachusetts. The company no longer exists and the domain name was sold 25 years later.
Other Biographies
Other Walter Sykeses
around 1884 - Feb 4, 1917
around 1877 - Apr 17, 1941
around 1911 - Aug 18, 1941
around 1890 - Jul 22, 1917
Unknown - Jun 9, 1945
Unknown - May 3, 1917
around 1887 - Mar 24, 1918
around 1892 - May 5, 1915
around 1886 - Jul 30, 1916
around 1899 - Oct 31, 1918
around 1897 - Jul 4, 1917
around 1925 - Unknown
around 1922 - Unknown
around 1916 - Unknown
around 1911 - Unknown
around 1915 - Unknown
around 1920 - Unknown
around 1912 - Unknown
around 1922 - Unknown
around 1924 - Unknown
Other Sykeses
Feb 4, 1932 - Apr 24, 1999
Oct 11, 1910 - Jul 10, 1993
Apr 2, 1898 - July 1983
Mar 7, 1923 - February 1976
May 27, 1914 - Feb 3, 1996
Sep 15, 1918 - Nov 23, 1999
Aug 18, 1937 - Jul 29, 2007
Aug 23, 1930 - Dec 7, 1998
Jul 4, 1962 - Mar 6, 2007
Aug 29, 1966 - Jan 20, 1993
Dec 25, 1909 - August 1983
Aug 23, 1885 - October 1976
Sep 4, 1910 - Dec 1, 2002
Sep 6, 1904 - Jun 15, 1994
Feb 15, 1985 - October 1986
Dec 16, 1918 - Aug 18, 2010
Jul 13, 1936 - Sep 7, 2007
Jan 2, 1923 - Oct 25, 2007
Jul 4, 1892 - December 1977
Feb 19, 1879 - September 1972
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Aug 9, 1902 - August 1968
Oct 3, 1904 - February 1992
Oct 30, 1916 - Aug 4, 1989
Dec 17, 1900 - Jul 17, 1994
Feb 3, 1904 - July 1969
Feb 17, 1902 - October 1973
Oct 24, 1922 - Feb 26, 2001
Jan 31, 1939 - July 1977
Nov 23, 1874 - March 1966
Sep 4, 1911 - September 1976
Feb 14, 1912 - Dec 29, 2005
Jan 9, 1916 - Mar 31, 1996
Dec 23, 1897 - November 1975
Sep 2, 1910 - Jul 2, 2003
Dec 6, 1909 - Feb 8, 2001
Sep 6, 1910 - Feb 19, 2003
Nov 27, 1910 - January 1984
Mar 29, 1894 - June 1979
Feb 21, 1905 - Apr 17, 1993
Nov 12, 1940 - Jul 2, 2011
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