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Weldon Yeager 1942 - 1982

Weldon Yeager was born on February 2, 1942, and died at age 40 years old in August 1982. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Weldon Yeager.
Weldon Yeager
February 2, 1942
August 1982
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Weldon Yeager's History: 1942 - 1982

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  • 02/2
    1942

    Birthday

    February 2, 1942
    Birthdate
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  • 08/dd
    1982

    Death

    August 1982
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Weldon Yeager lived 33 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 40.
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In 1942, in the year that Weldon Yeager was born, 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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In 1957, Weldon was merely 15 years old when on September 24th, the "Little Rock Nine" (nine African-American students) entered Little Rock High School. Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus had previously prevented the students from entering the school at the beginning of the term with the Arkansas National Guard - they blocked the door. President Eisenhower ordered federal troops - the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army - to guard the students and allow them entry.
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