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Wilma Bland 1902 - 1977

Wilma Bland of Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina was born on December 2, 1902, and died at age 74 years old in January 1977.
Wilma Bland
Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina 28052
December 2, 1902
January 1977
Female
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    1902

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    December 2, 1902
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  • 01/dd
    1977

    Death

    January 1977
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    Wilma Bland lived 3 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 74.
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In 1902, in the year that Wilma Bland was born, the first Rose Bowl game was played in Pasadena, California. Called the "Tournament East–West football game" at the time, the Michigan Wolverines (East) played the Stanford Indians (West) - the Wolverines won 49 - 0. (The Stanford captain requested an end to the game with 8 minutes remaining.) The Tournament of Roses Parade began in 1890 and the football game began as a way to boost tourism in the area.
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In 1924, she was 22 years old when in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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