Wilbur L Gray (1918 - 1991)

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Carla Keele

Added: Feb 27, 2020

Elizabeth Abigail (Gray) Williams

Added: Oct 29, 2019

James Tait Gray

Added: Jun 10, 2019

Rock Hill School, Rankin County, Mississippi

Added: Apr 04, 2019

Margaret (Gray) and George Hearn

Added: Mar 16, 2018

The Hammond sisters!

Added: May 02, 2017

George & Catherine (Gray) Street family

Added: Oct 28, 2016

Richard & Walter Gray

Added: Jul 03, 2016

Kriege Kids Joanne's High School Graduation

Added: Jun 04, 2016

Kriege Family

Added: Jun 04, 2016

Kriege Girls

Added: May 30, 2016

Bob Gray, Flower Power

Added: May 30, 2016

Samson Charles Gray 1914-18 war

Added: May 28, 2016

Frances Lotte Gray and Gladys May Gray

Added: May 28, 2016

Emma (Bagwell) Gray

Added: May 28, 2016

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In 1918, in the year that Wilbur L Gray was born, on November 11th, an armistice was signed between the Allies and Germany, ending the fighting on the Western Front in World War I. This meant a complete defeat of Germany although Germany never formally surrendered. It took another six months of negotiations to sign an actual peace treaty between the warring parties.

In 1945, he was 27 years old when on April 12th, President Roosevelt died of natural causes and Harry S. Truman, his Vice-President, became the 33rd President of the United States.

In 1952, at the age of 34 years old, Wilbur was alive when on July 2, Dr. Jonas E. Salk tested the first dead-virus polio vaccine on 43 children. The worst epidemic of polio had broken out that year - in the U.S. there were 58,000 cases reported. Of these, 3,145 people had died and 21,269 were left with mild to disabling paralysis.

In 1960, he was 42 years old when on September 26th, the first televised debate for a Presidential campaign in the United States - Kennedy vs Nixon - was held. Seventy million people watched the debate on TV. The debate pre-empted the very popular Andy Griffith Show.

In 1991, in the year of Wilbur L Gray's passing, on November 7th, legendary basketball player Magic Johnson announced that he had HIV. In 1991, the public was confused about the difference between HIV and AIDS (HIV is a virus that can lead to AIDS) and there was little treatment for either. Most thought that Johnson would die within a year or so. Also, the transmission of AIDS wasn't understood so he had to retire from basketball. Magic Johnson is still alive and well.