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Wol Sang Choe (1926 - 1985)

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Wol Sang Choe
1926 - 1985
Born
January 28, 1926
Death
September 1985
Last Known Residence
Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts 01129
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Wol Sang Choe of Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts was born on January 28, 1926, and died at age 59 years old in September 1985.
Updated: October 3, 2011
Biography ID: 4043574

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Wol Sang Choe passed away at age 59 years old in September 1985. Wol Sang Choe of Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts was born on January 28, 1926.

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Wol Sang Choe lived 12 years shorter than the average Choe family member when they died at the age of 59.
The average age of a Choe family member is 71.
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1926 - 1985 World Events

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In 1926, in the year that Wol Sang Choe was born, on October 31st, Harry Houdini died in Michigan. Houdini was the most famed magician of his time and perhaps of all time, especially for his acts involving escapes - from handcuffs, straitjackets, chains, ropes slung from skyscrapers, and more. He was president of the Society of American Magicians and stringently upheld professional ethics. He died of complications from a ruptured appendix. Although he had received a blow to the area a couple of days previously, the connection between the blow and his appendicitis is disputed.

In 1933, Wol Sang was only 7 years old when Frances Perkins became the first woman to hold a cabinet-level position, appointed by President Roosevelt to serve as Secretary of Labor. She told him that her priorities would be a 40-hour work week, a minimum wage, unemployment compensation, worker’s compensation, abolition of child labor, direct federal aid to the states for unemployment relief, Social Security, a revitalized federal employment service, and universal health insurance. President Roosevelt approved of all of them and most them were implemented during his terms as President. She served until his death in 1945.

In 1950, by the time this person was 24 years old, on October 2, Charlie Brown appeared in the first Peanuts comic strip - created by Charles Schultz - and he was the only character in that strip. That year, Schultz said that Charlie was 4 years old, but Charlie aged a bit through the years.

In 1967, at the age of 41 years old, Wol Sang was alive when on October 2nd, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first black US Supreme Court justice. Marshall was the great-grandson of a slave and graduated first in his class at Howard University Law School. His nomination to the Supreme Court was approved by the Senate, 69 to 11.

In 1985, in the year of Wol Sang Choe's passing, on March 7th, the song "We Are the World" was released as a charity effort to alleviate the African famine. The song was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, and produced by Quincy Jones. They were joined by 37 other famous singers in the recording studio and a phenomena had begun

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