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Merle H Cheek 1922 - 2010

Merle H Cheek of Elkin, Surry County, NC was born on October 30, 1922, and died at age 87 years old on August 1, 2010.
Merle H Cheek
Elkin, Surry County, NC 28621
October 30, 1922
August 1, 2010
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  • 10/30
    1922

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    October 30, 1922
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  • 08/1
    2010

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    August 1, 2010
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    Merle H Cheek lived 15 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 87.
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In 1922, in the year that Merle H Cheek was born, on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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In 1948, Merle was 26 years old when on January 30th, Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in New Delhi by a member of a Hindu nationalist party who thought that Gandhi was too accommodating to Muslims. The man, Nathuram Godse, shot Gandhi 3 times. He died immediately. The shooter was tried, convicted, and hung in November 1949.
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