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Sophia Mc Kenna 1924 - 2010

Sophia Mc Kenna was born on July 21, 1924, and died at age 85 years old on February 20, 2010. Sophia Mc Kenna was buried at Long Island National Cemetery Section J Site 14117A 2040 Wellwood Avenue, in Farmingdale, Ny. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Sophia Mc Kenna.
Sophia Mc Kenna
July 21, 1924
February 20, 2010
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  • 07/21
    1924

    Birthday

    July 21, 1924
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    Unknown
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Navy Rank attained: S2 Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 02/20
    2010

    Death

    February 20, 2010
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Death location
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    Long Island National Cemetery Section J Site 14117A 2040 Wellwood Avenue, in Farmingdale, Ny 11735
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In 1924, in the year that Sophia Mc Kenna was born, in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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In 1942, at the age of 18 years old, Sophia was alive when on June 17th, Roosevelt approved the Manhattan Project, which lead to the development of the first atomic bomb. With the support of Canada and the United Kingdom, the Project came to employ more than 130,000 people and cost nearly $2 billion. Julius Robert Oppenheimer, a nuclear physicist born in New York, led the Los Alamos Laboratory that developed the actual bomb. The first artificial nuclear explosion took place near Alamogordo New Mexico on July 16, 1945.
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