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William H Coken 1919 - 1998

William H Coken was born on November 12, 1919, and died at age 78 years old on May 2, 1998. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember William H Coken.
William H Coken
November 12, 1919
May 2, 1998
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  • 11/12
    1919

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    November 12, 1919
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  • 05/2
    1998

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    May 2, 1998
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    William H Coken lived 3 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 78.
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In 1919, in the year that William H Coken was born, in the summer and early autumn, race riots erupted in 26 U.S. cities, resulting in hundreds of deaths and even more people being badly hurt. In most cases, African-Americans were the victims. It was called the "Red Summer". Men who were returning from World War I needed jobs and there was competition for those jobs among the races. Tension was heightened by the use by many companies of blacks as strikebreakers.
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In 1945, by the time he was 26 years old, on April 12th, President Franklin D. Roosevelt died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Georgia. At 1p, he was sitting for a portrait when he complained that he had a "terrific pain" in the back of his head and collapsed. A doctor was summoned and the doctor gave him a shot of adrenaline into his heart. It didn't help and he was pronounced dead at 3:30 p.m. A slow moving train took him back to Washington D.C. while thousands of mourners lined the tracks. He was buried at his home in Hyde Park, New York.
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