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Lalla Elizabeth Bailey
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 Lalla Elizabeth Bailey 8/20/1936 - 2/3/1968
| Lalla Elizabeth Bailey was born on August 20, 1936 in Blountstown, Calhoun County, Florida and died on February 3, 1968 in Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida. She lived to be 31 years old.
She married Lonnie Val Cathey on 6/17/1954 | 
 | Census | 1/1/1945 | Bloutstown FL (Calhoun County) | 8 yrs old | | pg. 55, line 11 - R.L. Bailey (age 31), Eloise (30), Ralph (13), Lola (9). All were born in FL. R. L. works at the theater he is the manager. |
 | Census | 1/1/1950 | Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) | 13 yrs old | |
Dwelling Number 68 -
R. L. Bailey (age
37)
Head,
Eloise Bailey
(36)
Wife,
Ralph Bailey
(17)
Son,
Lalla E. Bailey (14) Daughter; All were born in FL. Family does not live on a farm. |
 | Marriage | 1/1/1954 | Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) | 17 yrs old | | Bride: Lalla E. Bailey,
Marriage Date: 1954,
Marriage Place: Calhoun, Florida,
Groom:
Lonnie Val Cathey,
Certificate: 11329,
Volume: 1487,
Source: Florida Department of Health |
 | Newspaper | 6/22/1954 | Tallahassee FL (Leon County) | 17 yrs old | Tallahassee Democrat
Tue, Jun 22, 1954 page 6 L.V. Cathey Weds Miss Lalla Bailey Blountstown - The marriage of Miss Lalla Bailey and Lonnie Val Cathey of Mexico Beach and Gainesville, was solemnized Thursday at 4:30 p.m. at the home of the bride. The patio of the Bailey home was decorated with white Shasta daisies and white gladiolas. The bride is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Bailey of Blountstown. Cathey is the son of Mrs. William Othell Cathey and the late William Othell Cathey of Mexico Beach..... |
 | Newspaper | 2/15/1968 | Pensacola FL (Escambia County) | 31 yrs old | Pensacola News Journal
Mon, Feb 05, 1968 ·Page 19 Faith Chapel Funeral Home Funeral services of Mrs. Ella Eliabeth Cathey, 32, will be at 3 pm Monday in Gonzalez Methodist Church, Mrs. Cathey, 320 Camden Road, died early Saturday for injuries she received in a car accident. Active pallbearers will be C. W. (Buddy) Bunch, Bobby Sheidt, Bob Merriman, Tom Hay, Sig Sugarman and Lt. Cmdr. John E. White. She was a native of Blountstown, but had resided here the last eight years. She was co-owner of Val's University Drugs, was a member of the Gonzalez Methodist Church and the Fiesta Booster Club. Survivors include the widower, Lonnie Val Cathey; two daughters, Miss Cythnia Ann Cathey and Pamela Barrett Cathey; a son, Kirk Cathey , all of Pensacola; the mother , Mrs. Eloise Hertz Baliey, and a brother , Ralph L. Bailey, both of Blountstown. Burial will be in the Bayview Memorial Cemetery. |
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| Age | Date | Event |
| 21 |
1957 |
The Miccosukee Tribe of Florida is organized under the 1934 US Indian Reorganization Act and recognized by the federal government. |
| 26 |
1962 |
The Seminole Tribe of Florida is organized under the 1934 US Indian Reorganization Act and recognized by the federal government. |
| Age | Date | Event |
| 2 |
1938 |
Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission |
| 10 |
1946 |
The university of Pennsylvania develops the ENIAC computer, containing 18,000 vacuum tubes |
| 11 |
1947 |
Researches at Bell Labs invent the first transistor |
| 15 |
1951 |
The first color television is introduced in the U.S. |
| 16 |
1952 |
The first sex-change surgery was performed to change George Jorgensen into Christine Jorgensen. |
| 21 |
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. |
| 24 |
1960 |
The ruby laser was created by Maiman |
| 26 |
1962 |
U.S. astronaut, John Glenn, orbits the earth |
| 29 |
1965 |
The first "space walk" was completed by the Soviet Union |
| Age | Date | Event |
| 2 |
1938 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic. |
| 3 |
1939 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States |
| 5 |
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. |
| 14 |
1950 |
NEWS HEADLINES: On June 25, the Korean War begins and the United Nations officially declaring war on North Korea two days later. |
| 19 |
1955 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, AL. |
| 24 |
1960 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first birth control pill was approved and made available to the public |
| 27 |
1963 |
NEWS HEADLINES: On November 22, President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald. |
| Age | Date | Event |
| 3 |
1939 |
Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color. |
| 7 |
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. |
| 8 |
1944 |
On June 6, Allied forces invade Normandy (referred to as "D-Day") |
| 9 |
1945 |
President Roosevelt dies; The United Nations is established; the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima. |
| 18 |
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. |
| 26 |
1962 |
The Cuban missile crisis escalates and Americans prepare for a Nuclear War with Fidel Castro in Cuba. |
| 30 |
1966 |
The Black Panther party is founded. |
| 31 |
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. |
| Age | Date | Event |
| 2 |
1938 |
Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia. |
| 3 |
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. |
| 9 |
1945 |
World War II ends with a Japanese delegation signing instrument of surrender aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. |
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