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William James Leonard Jr 1925 - 1998

William James Leonard Jr was born on January 26, 1925, and died at age 73 years old on May 19, 1998. William Leonard was buried at Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery Section Q Site C-1D P.o. Box 6237, in San Diego, Ca. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember William James Leonard Jr.
William James Leonard Jr
January 26, 1925
May 19, 1998
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  • 01/26
    1925

    Birthday

    January 26, 1925
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Navy Rank attained: S2 Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 05/19
    1998

    Death

    May 19, 1998
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
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  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery Section Q Site C-1D P.o. Box 6237, in San Diego, Ca 92166
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In 1925, in the year that William James Leonard Jr was born, in July, the Scopes Trial - often called the Scopes Monkey Trial - took place, prosecuting a substitute teacher for teaching evolution in school. Tennessee had enacted a law that said it was "unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school". William Jennings Bryan headed the prosecution and Clarence Darrow headed the defense. The teacher was found guilty and fined $100. An appeal to the Supreme Court of Tennessee upheld the law but overturned the guilty verdict.
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In 1942, at the age of 17 years old, William was alive when on June 17th, Roosevelt approved the Manhattan Project, which lead to the development of the first atomic bomb. With the support of Canada and the United Kingdom, the Project came to employ more than 130,000 people and cost nearly $2 billion. Julius Robert Oppenheimer, a nuclear physicist born in New York, led the Los Alamos Laboratory that developed the actual bomb. The first artificial nuclear explosion took place near Alamogordo New Mexico on July 16, 1945.
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