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Harley 'Jimbo' James Wilds Jr.
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Harley 'Jimbo' James Wilds Jr.
8/23/1944 - 1/6/1994
(Shown at age 33)
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Harley 'Jimbo' James Wilds, Jr., was born on August 23, 1944 in Calhoun County, Florida and died on January 6, 1994 in Pensacola (Escambia Co), Florida. He lived to be 49 years old.
James was an Army medic and served in the Vietnam War. He left the Army and joined the Air force staying in the medical field. He was stationed in Wichita Fall, KS; Tyndall Air Force Base, FL ; Izmir, Turkey and Upper Heyford, England. | 
 | Census | 1/1/1945 | Blountstown, precint 1 FL (Calhoun County) | about 4 months old | J. I. Davis (age 57 ), Florence Davis (50), Stenson Davis(32), Delano Howard (12), Amos Howard Jr.(10) George B. Howard (8), Sandra Joe Howard (6), Ronnie Johnson (4).
next door - Harley Wilds(29), Josephine Wilds(29), Silvia Wilds(2) & Harley Wilds Jr.(0) - All were born in FL, except Harley born in Iowa, he is in the Army and has a 11th gr. education. J.I. has a 2nd gr., Florence a 7th gr., Stenson has a 7th, Delano a 7th gr. and Josephine has a 7th grade education. Amos has a 5th gr. and George has a 2nd gr. education. J. I. is a Policeman. |
| Military | 6/8/1965 | Marianna FL (Jackson County) | 20 yrs old | | Name: Harley James Wilds Jr.,
Birth Date: Aug. 23 1944,
Death Date: Jan. 6, 1994,
Branch 1: ARMY,
Enlistment Date 1: June 8, 1965,
Release Date 1: June 7, 1968,
Branch 2: AF,
Enlistment Date 2: Aug.14, 1972,
Release Date 2: Aug. 12, 1980 |
| Other | 1/6/1994 | Pensacola FL (Escambia County) | 49 yrs old | | Social Security Death Index: Harley J. Wilds, SSN 266-74-7320 (issued FL, 1962), born 8/28/1944, died 1/6/1994. |
| Graveyard/Tombstone | 1/7/1994 | Nettle Ridge Cem, Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) | 49 yrs old | | Harley James Wilds Jr. 8/23/1944 - 1/6/1994 |
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| 13 |
1957 |
The Miccosukee Tribe of Florida is organized under the 1934 US Indian Reorganization Act and recognized by the federal government. |
| 18 |
1962 |
The Seminole Tribe of Florida is organized under the 1934 US Indian Reorganization Act and recognized by the federal government. |
| 35 |
1979 |
The sovereign status of the Seminole Indian Tribe allows it to establish the first gambling establishment in FL. It is a bingo hall located on their Hollywood, FL reservation. |
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| 2 |
1946 |
The university of Pennsylvania develops the ENIAC computer, containing 18,000 vacuum tubes |
| 3 |
1947 |
Researches at Bell Labs invent the first transistor |
| 7 |
1951 |
The first color television is introduced in the U.S. |
| 8 |
1952 |
The first sex-change surgery was performed to change George Jorgensen into Christine Jorgensen. |
| 13 |
1957 |
Sputnik is launched by the Soviets and becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth. It marks the beginning of the great "space race" between the Soviet Union and the U.S. |
| 16 |
1960 |
The ruby laser was created by Maiman |
| 18 |
1962 |
U.S. astronaut, John Glenn, orbits the earth |
| 21 |
1965 |
The first "space walk" was completed by the Soviet Union |
| 27 |
1971 |
The first unmanned spacecraft hit Mars and was launched by the Soviet Union |
| 30 |
1974 |
Discovery of "Lucy" in Africa, an almost complete hominid skeleton over 3 million years old, only 3 and a half feet tall but having adult teeth, a small brain, walked upright |
| 31 |
1975 |
Invention of the CAT scanner (computerized axial tomography) |
| 35 |
1979 |
First "test tube baby" from artificial insemination |
| 37 |
1981 |
AIDS is identified by scientist; The first reusable space shuttle, Columbia, is sent into space. |
| 42 |
1986 |
Moments after liftoff the space shuttle Challenger explodes, killing size astronauts and a New Hampshire teacher. |
| 45 |
1989 |
An asteroid comes relatively close to colliding with the earth |
| 46 |
1990 |
Hubble Space Telescope launched; optical defect discovered and repaired later in 1993. |
| 50 |
1994 |
The world watches comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 (S-L 9) colliding with Jupiter |
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| 6 |
1950 |
NEWS HEADLINES: On June 25, the Korean War begins and the United Nations officially declaring war on North Korea two days later. |
| 11 |
1955 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, AL. |
| 16 |
1960 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first birth control pill was approved and made available to the public |
| 19 |
1963 |
NEWS HEADLINES: On November 22, President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald. |
| 25 |
1969 |
NEWS HEADLINES: In July, the U.S. becomes the first nation to land astronauts on the moon. Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to step on the lunar surface. |
| 26 |
1970 |
NEWS HEADLINES: U.S. forces invade Cambodia and the Vietnam War continues to escalate. Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix die of drug overdoses. Four Kent State University students are killed during a Vietnam War protest. |
| 33 |
1977 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Star Wars is released and becomes the biggest ticket selling movie of all time. |
| 40 |
1984 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first Macintosh computer with a mouse is launched and begins the computer age as it is shortly followed by the first PC and Microsoft. |
| 48 |
1992 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The "World Wide Web" (Internet) became available for home use through college and university sponsored "freenets". |
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| 1 |
1945 |
President Roosevelt dies; The United Nations is established; the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima. |
| 10 |
1954 |
The nationally televised McCarthy hearings lead to Senator Joseph McCarthy's downfall; Segregation by race in schools is declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court; Congress adds the words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance and requires "In God We Trust" to appear on all American currency. |
| 18 |
1962 |
The Cuban missile crisis escalates and Americans prepare for a Nuclear War with Fidel Castro in Cuba. |
| 22 |
1966 |
The Black Panther party is founded. |
| 23 |
1967 |
Martin Luther King leads an anti Vietnam protest in New York; The American Indian Movement is founded; Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King are assassinated; Three Apollo astronauts are killed in a fire on the launch pad. |
| 27 |
1971 |
Charles Manson is found guilt of murder. |
| 28 |
1972 |
Break-in at the Democratic headquarters sets of the Watergate Scandal. |
| 29 |
1973 |
The Vietnam War peace pacts were signed in Paris and the last of the American forces finally leave Vietnam. |
| 33 |
1977 |
Jimmy Carter, a Democrat from GA, is elected president. |
| 37 |
1981 |
Ronald Reagan is elected president. He will serve two terms. (Republican) |
| 43 |
1987 |
President Reagan and Soviet leader Gorbachev meet in Washington and sign an agreement calling for the dismantling of all Soviet and US missiles. |
| 43 |
1987 |
January 24 - approximately 20,000 protesters march through Cummings, Georgia in all White Forsyth County. |
| 45 |
1989 |
George Bush is elected president. (Republican) |
| 49 |
1993 |
Bill Clinton is elected president. He will serve two terms. (Democrat) |
| 50 |
1994 |
O.J. Simpson is chased down by police and later his trial is telecast for the world to watch. |
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| 1 |
1945 |
World War II ends with a Japanese delegation signing instrument of surrender aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. |
| 45 |
1989 |
The Berlin Wall falls uniting communist East Germany and capitalistic West Germany |
| 46 |
1990 |
Iraq (Sadam Hussein) invades Kuwait causing the U.N. to impose sanctions. This leads to the Gulf War. |
| 48 |
1992 |
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is formed. |
| 49 |
1993 |
South Africa accepts racial equality. |
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