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Wyneva H Wilson (1919 - 1988)

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Wyneva H Wilson
1919 - 1988
Born
April 11, 1919
Death
February 22, 1988
Last Known Residence
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon 97213
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Wyneva H Wilson of Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon was born on April 11, 1919, and died at age 68 years old on February 22, 1988.
Updated: November 8, 2011
Biography ID: 73860672

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Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon 97213
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Wyneva Wilson passed away at age 68 years old on February 22, 1988. Wyneva H Wilson of Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon was born on April 11, 1919.

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Wyneva H Wilson lived 2 years shorter than the average Wilson family member when they died at the age of 68.
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In 1919, in the year that Wyneva H Wilson was born, the "Black Sox Scandal" rocked baseball fans during the World Series. Eight players on the Chicago White Sox were accused of throwing the World Series, thus allowing the Cincinnati Reds to win, and making money off of the losses. All of the players were found not guilty by a jury but the fallout lasted for decades. The players were banned from baseball even though they were found innocent.

In 1929, at the age of just 10 years old, Wyneva was alive when American Samoa officially became a U.S. territory. Although a part of the United States since 1900, the Ratification Act of 1929 vested "all civil, judicial, and military powers in the President of the United States of America".

In 1955, by the time this person was 36 years old, on September 30th, movie star James Dean, 24, died in a car accident. He was headed in his new Porsche 550 to a race in Salinas California when, traveling at 85 mph, he collided with a 1950 Ford Tudor, also speeding, driven by a 23 year old college student. Dean died, his passenger and the other driver survived.

In 1964, at the age of 45 years old, Wyneva was alive when in June, three young civil rights workers - Andrew Goodman and Mickey Schwerner from New York City, and James Chaney from Meridian, Mississippi - were kidnapped and murdered in Mississippi. Working with "Freedom Summer", they were registering African-Americans to vote in the Southern states. Their bodies were found two months later. Although it was discovered that the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, the Neshoba County Sheriff's Office and the Philadelphia, Mississippi Police Department were involved, only 7 men were convicted and served less than six years.

In 1988, in the year of Wyneva H Wilson's passing, on December 16th, 1988 the popular film Rain Man was released. Featuring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise. this film brought attention to autistic savants and was based on the "megasavant" Laurence Kim Peek. The film would later go to win four Oscars including Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Director and Best Actor in a Leading Role.

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