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Nellie Ray 1916 - 1978

Nellie Ray of Zebulon, Wake County, North Carolina was born on October 7, 1916, and died at age 61 years old in March 1978.
Nellie Ray
Zebulon, Wake County, North Carolina 27597
October 7, 1916
March 1978
Female
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Nellie Ray's History: 1916 - 1978

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  • 10/7
    1916

    Birthday

    October 7, 1916
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  • 03/dd
    1978

    Death

    March 1978
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Nellie Ray lived 10 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 61.
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In 1916, in the year that Nellie Ray was born, in June, the U.S. Congress authorized a plan to expand the armed forces over the next five years. Called the National Defense Act of 1916, the national law expanded the National Guard and Army (the Army added an aviation unit), created the Reserves, and gave the President expanded authority to federalize the National Guard. It also allowed the government to stockpile, in advance, materiel to be used in wartime.
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In 1928, at the age of merely 12 years old, Nellie was alive when aviatrix Amelia Earhart, age 31, became the first woman to fly solo across North America and back in August. In June, she had been part of a 3 man crew that flew the Atlantic Ocean but since she had no instrument training, she couldn't fly the plane - she kept the flight log. The North American flight became one of her many "firsts" as a female pilot.
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