Winton Hood (1917 - 1979)

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Larry Gaylord Avey

Class Officers, Harrisburg Illinois High School

Edward Duncan Hood memorial

McGaughery/Hood Wedding

Mary & Elsie, Florence A. Merriam High School photo

Columbus Green Hood (09 Jul 1882 - 01 Aug 1947)

H.S. (Starling) Hood & Grandson

Cherokee Strip Oklahoma homestead

1906 Missouri Teacher

Bud Hood

bowling and hood wedding

hood /kelly engagement

lula hood brown

jesse brown and lula hood

kennith ray hood and family

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In 1917, in the year that Winton Hood was born, the U.S. Virgin Islands were purchased from Denmark in January. While they are U.S. citizens, Virgin Islanders are ineligible to vote for the President of the United States.

In 1927, when he was just 10 years old, 10 years after the United States bought the U.S. Virgin Islands from the Danish government, the inhabitants were granted U.S. citizenship. While they can vote in congressional elections and presidential primaries, they cannot vote for President.

In 1958, by the time he was 41 years old, on January 31st, Explorer I, the United States' answer to Sputnik I (and 2,) was launched. America had entered the Space Race. The first spacecraft to detect the Van Allen radiation belt, it remained in orbit until 1970.

In 1968, when he was 51 years old, on January 31st, the North Vietnamese launched the Tet Offensive, a turning point in the Vietnam War. 70,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces swarmed into South Vietnam. The South Vietnamese and US troops held off the offensive but it was such fierce fighting that the U.S. public began to turn against the war.

In 1979, in the year of Winton Hood's passing, on November 4th, Iranian militant students seized the US embassy in Teheran and held 52 American citizens and diplomats hostage for 444 days. They were released at the end of the inauguration speech of the newly elected Ronald Reagan.