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Leon Shevitz 1929 - 2008

Leon Shevitz of East Meadow, Nassau County, NY was born on September 26, 1929, and died at age 78 years old on January 4, 2008.
Leon Shevitz
East Meadow, Nassau County, NY 11554
September 26, 1929
January 4, 2008
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Leon Shevitz's History: 1929 - 2008

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  • 09/26
    1929

    Birthday

    September 26, 1929
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    White, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    United States
  • Early Life & Education

    2 Years Of High School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 12263278 Enlisted: September 30, 1946 in New York City New York Military branch: No Branch Assignment Private Army Of The United States - Includes The Following: Voluntary Enlistments Effective December 8, 1941 And Thereafter; One Year Enlistments Of National Guardsman Whose State Enlistment Expires While In The Federal Service; Officers Appointed In The Army Of The United States Under Army Regulations 605-10 Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For The Panama Canal Department
  • Professional Career

    Salesmen, Brokerage And Commission Firms, N.e.c.
  • 01/4
    2008

    Death

    January 4, 2008
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
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Did you know?
In 1929, in the year that Leon Shevitz was born, on October 29th (Black Tuesday), the stock market crashed in the United States. Billions of dollars were lost and some investors committed suicide as a result, having lost their fortunes. This ushered in the 12 year, worldwide Great Depression.
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In 1933, he was only 4 years old when the day after being inaugurated, the new President, Franklin Roosevelt, declared a four-day bank holiday to stop people from withdrawing their money from shaky banks (the bank run). Within 5 days of his administration, the Emergency Banking Act was passed - reorganizing banks and closing insolvent ones. In his first 100 days, he asked Congress to repeal Prohibition (which they did), signed the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, signed legislation that paid commodity farmers to leave their fields fallow, thus ending surpluses and boosting prices, signed a bill that gave workers the right to unionize and bargain collectively for higher wages and better working conditions as well as suspending some antitrust laws and establishing a federally funded Public Works Administration, and won passage of 12 other major laws that helped the economy.
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