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Harley 'Jimbo' James Wilds  Jr.

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Harley James Wilds Sr.
1/14/1916 - 5/8/1969

Florence Josephine Davis
5/12/1915 - 7/19/2002
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Harley 'Jimbo' James Wilds Jr.
8/23/1944 - 1/6/1994
(Shown at age 33)
Harley 'Jimbo' James Wilds, Jr., was born on August 23, 1944 in Calhoun County, Florida and died on January 6, 1994 in Pensacola (Escambia Co), Florida. He lived to be 49 years old.

James was an Army medic and served in the Vietnam War. He left the Army and joined the Air force staying in the medical field. He was stationed in Wichita Fall, KS; Tyndall Air Force Base, FL ; Izmir, Turkey and Upper Heyford, England.
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Census1/1/1945 Blountstown, precint 1 FL (Calhoun County) about 4 months old 
J. I. Davis (age 57 ), Florence Davis (50), Stenson Davis(32), Delano Howard (12), Amos Howard Jr.(10) George B. Howard (8), Sandra Joe Howard (6), Ronnie Johnson (4).
next door - Harley Wilds(29), Josephine Wilds(29), Silvia Wilds(2) & Harley Wilds Jr.(0) - All were born in FL, except Harley born in Iowa, he is in the Army and has a 11th gr. education. J.I. has a 2nd gr., Florence a 7th gr., Stenson has a 7th, Delano a 7th gr. and Josephine has a 7th grade education. Amos has a 5th gr. and George has a 2nd gr. education. J. I. is a Policeman.  
Military6/8/1965 Marianna FL (Jackson County) 20 yrs old 
Name: Harley James Wilds Jr., Birth Date: Aug. 23 1944, Death Date: Jan. 6, 1994, Branch 1: ARMY, Enlistment Date 1: June 8, 1965, Release Date 1: June 7, 1968, Branch 2: AF, Enlistment Date 2: Aug.14, 1972, Release Date 2: Aug. 12, 1980 
Other1/6/1994 Pensacola FL (Escambia County) 49 yrs old 
Social Security Death Index: Harley J. Wilds, SSN 266-74-7320 (issued FL, 1962), born 8/28/1944, died 1/6/1994. 
Graveyard/Tombstone1/7/1994 Nettle Ridge Cem, Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) 49 yrs old 
Harley James Wilds Jr. 8/23/1944 - 1/6/1994 

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13 1957 The Miccosukee Tribe of Florida is organized under the 1934 US Indian Reorganization Act and recognized by the federal government.
18 1962 The Seminole Tribe of Florida is organized under the 1934 US Indian Reorganization Act and recognized by the federal government.
35 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.
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2 1946 The university of Pennsylvania develops the ENIAC computer, containing 18,000 vacuum tubes
3 1947 Researches at Bell Labs invent the first transistor
7 1951 The first color television is introduced in the U.S.
8 1952 The first sex-change surgery was performed to change George Jorgensen into Christine Jorgensen.
13 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.
16 1960 The ruby laser was created by Maiman
18 1962 U.S. astronaut, John Glenn, orbits the earth
21 1965 The first "space walk" was completed by the Soviet Union
27 1971 The first unmanned spacecraft hit Mars and was launched by the Soviet Union
30 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
31 1975 Invention of the CAT scanner (computerized axial tomography)
35 1979 First "test tube baby" from artificial insemination
37 1981 AIDS is identified by scientist; The first reusable space shuttle, Columbia, is sent into space.
42 1986 Moments after liftoff the space shuttle Challenger explodes, killing size astronauts and a New Hampshire teacher.
45 1989 An asteroid comes relatively close to colliding with the earth
46 1990 Hubble Space Telescope launched; optical defect discovered and repaired later in 1993.
50 1994 The world watches comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 (S-L 9) colliding with Jupiter
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6 1950 NEWS HEADLINES: On June 25, the Korean War begins and the United Nations officially declaring war on North Korea two days later.
11 1955 NEWS HEADLINES: Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, AL.
16 1960 NEWS HEADLINES: The first birth control pill was approved and made available to the public
19 1963 NEWS HEADLINES: On November 22, President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald.
25 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.
26 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.
33 1977 NEWS HEADLINES: Star Wars is released and becomes the biggest ticket selling movie of all time.
40 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.
48 1992 NEWS HEADLINES: The "World Wide Web" (Internet) became available for home use through college and university sponsored "freenets".
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1 1945 President Roosevelt dies; The United Nations is established; the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima.
10 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.
18 1962 The Cuban missile crisis escalates and Americans prepare for a Nuclear War with Fidel Castro in Cuba.
22 1966 The Black Panther party is founded.
23 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.
27 1971 Charles Manson is found guilt of murder.
28 1972 Break-in at the Democratic headquarters sets of the Watergate Scandal.
29 1973 The Vietnam War peace pacts were signed in Paris and the last of the American forces finally leave Vietnam.
33 1977 Jimmy Carter, a Democrat from GA, is elected president.
37 1981 Ronald Reagan is elected president. He will serve two terms. (Republican)
43 1987 President Reagan and Soviet leader Gorbachev meet in Washington and sign an agreement calling for the dismantling of all Soviet and US missiles.
43 1987 January 24 - approximately 20,000 protesters march through Cummings, Georgia in all White Forsyth County.
45 1989 George Bush is elected president. (Republican)
49 1993 Bill Clinton is elected president. He will serve two terms. (Democrat)
50 1994 O.J. Simpson is chased down by police and later his trial is telecast for the world to watch.
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1 1945 World War II ends with a Japanese delegation signing instrument of surrender aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
45 1989 The Berlin Wall falls uniting communist East Germany and capitalistic West Germany
46 1990 Iraq (Sadam Hussein) invades Kuwait causing the U.N. to impose sanctions. This leads to the Gulf War.
48 1992 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is formed.
49 1993 South Africa accepts racial equality.
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