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Ruth Gorum 1932 - 2005

Ruth Gorum of Bronx, Bronx County, NY was born on December 5, 1932, and died at age 72 years old on April 7, 2005.
Ruth Gorum
Bronx, Bronx County, NY 10469
December 5, 1932
April 7, 2005
Female
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  • 12/5
    1932

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    December 5, 1932
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  • 04/7
    2005

    Death

    April 7, 2005
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    Ruth Gorum lived 1 year longer than the average family member when died at the age of 72.
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In 1932, in the year that Ruth Gorum was born, five years to the day after Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic, Amelia Earhart flew solo from Newfoundland to Ireland, the first woman to cross the Atlantic solo and the first to replicate Lindbergh's feat. She flew over 2,000 miles in just under 15 hours.
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In 1943, Ruth was merely 11 years old when 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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