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Wilfred Hawke (1917 - 1976)

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Wilfred Hawke
1917 - 1976
Born
December 22, 1917
Death
October 1976
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Wilfred Hawke was born on December 22, 1917, and died at age 58 years old in October 1976. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Wilfred Hawke.
Updated: October 3, 2011
Biography ID: 5202595

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Wilfred Hawke passed away at age 58 years old in October 1976. Wilfred Hawke was born on December 22, 1917. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Wilfred Hawke.

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Wilfred Hawke lived 10 years shorter than the average Hawke family member when he died at the age of 58.
The average age of a Hawke family member is 68.
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1917 - 1976 World Events

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In 1917, in the year that Wilfred Hawke was born, Dutch exotic dancer Mata Hari was convicted and executed as a German spy. Since Mata Hari, born Margaretha Geertruida "Margreet" MacLeod, was a citizen of the Netherlands (which remained neutral in World War 1), she could travel freely in Europe. Her travels (and her romantic entanglements) raised suspicion and she was arrested by the French and found guilty. There is still controversy about her guilt although her name has become synonymous with a seductive female spy.

In 1937, he was 20 years old when on May 28th, the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge opened to cars. Taking 5 years to build, the 4,200-foot-long suspension bridge was an engineering marvel of its time - 11 men died during construction. The "international orange" color was chosen because it resisted rust and fading. To the present, it is the symbol of the City that is known throughout the world.

In 1943, by the time he was 26 years old, on September 3rd, the Armistice of Cassibile was signed in Sicily. Under the terms of the Armistice, Italy surrendered to the Allied Powers. After the Armistice was made public on September 8th, Germany attacked and occupied Italy. It took 20 months of fighting for the Allies to reach the northern borders of Italy.

In 1950, he was 33 years old when on June 25th, the Korean War began when North Korean Communist forces crossed the 38th parallel. The Soviet Union and China backed North Korea and the U.N., primarily the United States backed South Korea.

In 1976, in the year of Wilfred Hawke's passing, on August 4th, a mysterious illness struck an American Legion convention in Philadelphia. Within a week, 25 people had died and 130 people had been hospitalized. It was the first known instance of what came to be called "Legionnaires Disease."

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