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George P. Connelly Jr.
7/15/1938 - 7/31/1999

George P. Connelly, Jr., was born on July 15, 1938 in an unknown place and died on July 31, 1999 in Jackson Co., Florida. He lived to be 61 years old.

	Graveyard/Tombstone	7/31/1999	Shady Grove Cemetery FL (Jackson County)	61 yrs old
	CONNELLY Married 24 Feb 1958 George, JR. - July 15, 1938 to July 31, 1999

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Age	Date	Event
19	1957	The Miccosukee Tribe of Florida is organized under the 1934 US Indian Reorganization Act and recognized by the federal government.
24	1962	The Seminole Tribe of Florida is organized under the 1934 US Indian Reorganization Act and recognized by the federal government.
41	1979	The sovereign status of the Seminole Indian Tribe allows it to establish the first gambling establishment in FL. It is a bingo hall located on their Hollywood, FL reservation.

Age	Date	Event
8	1946	The university of Pennsylvania develops the ENIAC computer, containing 18,000 vacuum tubes
9	1947	Researches at Bell Labs invent the first transistor
13	1951	The first color television is introduced in the U.S.
14	1952	The first sex-change surgery was performed to change George Jorgensen into Christine Jorgensen.
19	1957	Sputnik is launched by the Soviets and becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth. It marks the beginning of the great "space race" between the Soviet Union and the U.S.
22	1960	The ruby laser was created by Maiman
24	1962	U.S. astronaut, John Glenn, orbits the earth
27	1965	The first "space walk" was completed by the Soviet Union
33	1971	The first unmanned spacecraft hit Mars and was launched by the Soviet Union
36	1974	Discovery of "Lucy" in Africa, an almost complete hominid skeleton over 3 million years old, only 3 and a half feet tall but having adult teeth, a small brain, walked upright
37	1975	Invention of the CAT scanner (computerized axial tomography)
41	1979	First "test tube baby" from artificial insemination
43	1981	AIDS is identified by scientist; The first reusable space shuttle, Columbia, is sent into space.
48	1986	Moments after liftoff the space shuttle Challenger explodes, killing size astronauts and a New Hampshire teacher.
51	1989	An asteroid comes relatively close to colliding with the earth
52	1990	Hubble Space Telescope launched; optical defect discovered and repaired later in 1993.
56	1994	The world watches comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 (S-L 9) colliding with Jupiter
59	1997	First Pathfinder vehicle lands on Mars and begin sending first photographs of Martin landscape. These are made available on the internet.
60	1998	Construction begins on the International Space Station.

Age	Date	Event
1	1939	NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States
3	1941	NEWS HEADLINES: December 7, 1941 -- Japan launches a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and the US officially declares war on Japan the following day. World War II begins for American soldiers.
12	1950	NEWS HEADLINES: On June 25, the Korean War begins and the United Nations officially declaring war on North Korea two days later.
17	1955	NEWS HEADLINES: Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, AL.
22	1960	NEWS HEADLINES: The first birth control pill was approved and made available to the public
25	1963	NEWS HEADLINES: On November 22, President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald.
31	1969	NEWS HEADLINES: In July, the U.S. becomes the first nation to land astronauts on the moon. Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to step on the lunar surface.
32	1970	NEWS HEADLINES: U.S. forces invade Cambodia and the Vietnam War continues to escalate. Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix die of drug overdoses. Four Kent State University students are killed during a Vietnam War protest.
39	1977	NEWS HEADLINES: Star Wars is released and becomes the biggest ticket selling movie of all time.
46	1984	NEWS HEADLINES: The first Macintosh computer with a mouse is launched and begins the computer age as it is shortly followed by the first PC and Microsoft.
54	1992	NEWS HEADLINES: The "World Wide Web" (Internet) became available for home use through college and university sponsored "freenets".

Age	Date	Event
1	1939	Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color.
5	1943	Japanese Americans are relocated to internment camps; Almost 400,000 coal miners go on strike; Race riots break out in Los Angeles and Detroit.
6	1944	On June 6, Allied forces invade Normandy (referred to as "D-Day")
7	1945	President Roosevelt dies; The United Nations is established; the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima.
16	1954	The nationally televised McCarthy hearings lead to Senator Joseph McCarthy's downfall; Segregation by race in schools is declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court; Congress adds the words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance and requires "In God We Trust" to appear on all American currency.
24	1962	The Cuban missile crisis escalates and Americans prepare for a Nuclear War with Fidel Castro in Cuba.
28	1966	The Black Panther party is founded.
29	1967	Martin Luther King leads an anti Vietnam protest in New York; The American Indian Movement is founded; Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King are assassinated; Three Apollo astronauts are killed in a fire on the launch pad.
33	1971	Charles Manson is found guilt of murder.
34	1972	Break-in at the Democratic headquarters sets of the Watergate Scandal.
35	1973	The Vietnam War peace pacts were signed in Paris and the last of the American forces finally leave Vietnam.
39	1977	Jimmy Carter, a Democrat from GA, is elected president.
43	1981	Ronald Reagan is elected president. He will serve two terms. (Republican)
49	1987	January 24 - approximately 20,000 protesters march through Cummings, Georgia in all White Forsyth County.
49	1987	President Reagan and Soviet leader Gorbachev meet in Washington and sign an agreement calling for the dismantling of all Soviet and US missiles.
51	1989	George Bush is elected president. (Republican)
55	1993	Bill Clinton is elected president. He will serve two terms. (Democrat)
56	1994	O.J. Simpson is chased down by police and later his trial is telecast for the world to watch.
59	1997	A robust economy creates the longest prosperity in U.S. history.
61	1999	United States budget goes into surplus.

Age	Date	Event
1	1939	Hitler takes over all of Czechoslovakia. On Sept. 1st, Germany invades Poland. On Sept. 3rd, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany. World War II has begun.
7	1945	World War II ends with a Japanese delegation signing instrument of surrender aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
51	1989	The Berlin Wall falls uniting communist East Germany and capitalistic West Germany
52	1990	Iraq (Sadam Hussein) invades Kuwait causing the U.N. to impose sanctions. This leads to the Gulf War.
54	1992	North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is formed.
55	1993	South Africa accepts racial equality.
58	1996	Pope John Paul II affirmed evolution by natural selection
61	1999	Yugoslavia breaks up and Serbia is contained.

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