Wilbur L Gray (1918 - 1991)

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Luke H Gray

Princess Gray 1982 Franklin High School

Carla Keele

Elizabeth Abigail (Gray) Williams

James Tait Gray

Rock Hill School, Rankin County, Mississippi

Margaret (Gray) and George Hearn

The Hammond sisters!

George & Catherine (Gray) Street family

Richard & Walter Gray

Kriege Kids Joanne's High School Graduation

Kriege Family

Kriege Girls

Bob Gray, Flower Power

Samson Charles Gray 1914-18 war

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In 1918, in the year that Wilbur L Gray was born, in January, President Wilson presented his Fourteen Points, which assured citizens that World War I was being fought for a moral cause and outlined a plan for postwar peace in Europe. The only leader of the Allies to present such a plan, the Europeans thought Wilson was being too idealistic. The points included free trade, open agreements, democracy and self-determination. They were based on the research and suggestions of 150 advisors.

In 1946, by the time he was 28 years old, 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 1957, Wilbur was 39 years old when on October 4th, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I, the first man made earth-orbiting satellite - and triggered the Space Race. Sputnik I was only 23 inches in diameter and had no tracking equipment, only 4 antennas, but it had a big impact.

In 1978, Wilbur was 60 years old when on July 25th, Louise Brown, the first "test-tube baby", was born at Oldham Hospital in London. Louise was conceived through IVF (in vitro fertilization), a controversial and experimental procedure at the time.

In 1991, in the year of Wilbur L Gray's passing, on December 25th, the Soviet Union flag was lowered and replaced by the Russian tricolor flag. It was the end of the Soviet Union. Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as President of the Soviet Union and Boris Yeltsin became President of the Russian Republic.