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Leila Riskin 1931 - 2009

Leila Riskin of Sag Harbor, Suffolk County, NY was born on May 19, 1931, and died at age 77 years old on March 13, 2009.
Leila Riskin
Sag Harbor, Suffolk County, NY 11963
May 19, 1931
March 13, 2009
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Leila Riskin's History: 1931 - 2009

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  • 05/19
    1931

    Birthday

    May 19, 1931
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  • 03/13
    2009

    Death

    March 13, 2009
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    Leila Riskin lived 2 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 77.
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In 1931, in the year that Leila Riskin was born, in March, “The Star Spangled Banner” officially became the national anthem by congressional resolution. Other songs had previously been used - among them, "My Country, 'Tis of Thee", "God Bless America", and "America the Beautiful". There was fierce debate about making "The Star Spangled Banner" the national anthem - Southerners and veterans organizations supported it, pacifists and educators opposed it.
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In 1943, when she was merely 12 years old, on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.
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