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Lova Lee "Nig" Crozier
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Lova Lee "Nig" Crozier 4/27/1914 - 1/6/2001 (Shown at age 68)
| Lova Lee "Nig" Crozier was born on April 27, 1914 in Vienna, Georgia and died on January 6, 2001 in Blountstown, Florida. She lived to be 86 years old.
Married 9/19/1932 in Blountstown, FL. | |
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Lova Crozier's life. These are only some of the major events that affected the life and times of
Lova , her family, and friends. For example, Lova is 13 years old when Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs.
Age | Date | Event |
3 |
1917 |
Seminole Indians become a Florida tourist attraction. |
14 |
1928 |
The Tamiami Trail opens. It opens the southernmost 275 miles of U.S. Highway 41 from State Road 60 in Tampa to U.S. Route 1 (SR 5) in Miami, Florida to tourist. It also destroys many of the Seminole Indian waterways and hinders their economy. |
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1957 |
The Miccosukee Tribe of Florida is organized under the 1934 US Indian Reorganization Act and recognized by the federal government. |
48 |
1962 |
The Seminole Tribe of Florida is organized under the 1934 US Indian Reorganization Act and recognized by the federal government. |
65 |
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. |
Age | Date | Event |
3 |
1917 |
Atkinson and Treutlen Counties are formed. |
6 |
1920 |
Seminole, Lanier, Brantley, Long, and Lamar Counties are formed. |
10 |
1924 |
Peach County is formed. |
Age | Date | Event |
9 |
1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
9 |
1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
10 |
1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
12 |
1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
13 |
1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
14 |
1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
22 |
1936 |
The first regular television broadcast happens in England |
24 |
1938 |
Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission |
32 |
1946 |
The university of Pennsylvania develops the ENIAC computer, containing 18,000 vacuum tubes |
33 |
1947 |
Researches at Bell Labs invent the first transistor |
37 |
1951 |
The first color television is introduced in the U.S. |
38 |
1952 |
The first sex-change surgery was performed to change George Jorgensen into Christine Jorgensen. |
43 |
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. |
46 |
1960 |
The ruby laser was created by Maiman |
48 |
1962 |
U.S. astronaut, John Glenn, orbits the earth |
51 |
1965 |
The first "space walk" was completed by the Soviet Union |
57 |
1971 |
The first unmanned spacecraft hit Mars and was launched by the Soviet Union |
60 |
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 |
61 |
1975 |
Invention of the CAT scanner (computerized axial tomography) |
65 |
1979 |
First "test tube baby" from artificial insemination |
67 |
1981 |
AIDS is identified by scientist; The first reusable space shuttle, Columbia, is sent into space. |
72 |
1986 |
Moments after liftoff the space shuttle Challenger explodes, killing size astronauts and a New Hampshire teacher. |
75 |
1989 |
An asteroid comes relatively close to colliding with the earth |
76 |
1990 |
Hubble Space Telescope launched; optical defect discovered and repaired later in 1993. |
80 |
1994 |
The world watches comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 (S-L 9) colliding with Jupiter |
83 |
1997 |
First Pathfinder vehicle lands on Mars and begin sending first photographs of Martin landscape. These are made available on the internet. |
84 |
1998 |
Construction begins on the International Space Station. |
86 |
2000 |
Successful cloning of animals begins in the early 2000s. |
Age | Date | Event |
3 |
1917 |
NEWS HEADLINES: In June, the United States enters World War I on the side of the allies. The Russian Revolution ends the reign of the czars and thrusts Russia into communism. |
5 |
1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
24 |
1938 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic. |
25 |
1939 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States |
27 |
1941 |
NEWS HEADLINES: December 7, 1941 -- Japan launches a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and the US officially declares war on Japan the following day. World War II begins for American soldiers. |
36 |
1950 |
NEWS HEADLINES: On June 25, the Korean War begins and the United Nations officially declaring war on North Korea two days later. |
41 |
1955 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, AL. |
46 |
1960 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first birth control pill was approved and made available to the public |
49 |
1963 |
NEWS HEADLINES: On November 22, President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald. |
55 |
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. |
56 |
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. |
63 |
1977 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Star Wars is released and becomes the biggest ticket selling movie of all time. |
70 |
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. |
78 |
1992 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The "World Wide Web" (Internet) became available for home use through college and university sponsored "freenets". |
86 |
2000 |
November 7, 2000 - George W. Bush, son of the former President, and Vice President Al Gore hold a virtual dead-heat for the presidency, with a disputed vote in Florida holding off the naming of the winner of the President Election until the Supreme Court of the United States voted in favor of Bush on December 12. This ruling gave Florida to the Bush camp by a 527 vote majority, and a victory in the Electoral College, 271-266, despite gaining less popular votes than Gore. |
86 |
2000 |
June 1, 2000 - For the first time since 1851, the United States of America does not participate in a major World's Fair, the Hannover 2000 World Expo, despite a record number, 187, of international participants. President Bill Clinton had withdrawn U.S. participation late in 1999 after agreement to participate in 1997. Congressional apathy toward participation in world events continues a decline in U.S. involvement after the fall of the Soviet Union and victory in the Cold War. A consequence of this policy has led to a rise, among some experts, of anti-American sentiment, and a decline of U.S. influence in diplomatic affairs. Less than half, 18.1 million, of the original attendance estimate, 40 million, visit Hannover's event. |
86 |
2000 |
The 2000 census enumerates a population of 281,421,906, increasing 13.2% since 1990. As regions, the South and West continued to pick up the majority of the increase in population, moving the geographic center of U.S. population to Phelps County, Missouri. |
86 |
2000 |
April 3, 2000 - The ruling in the case of the United States versus Microsoft states that the company did violate anti-trust laws by diminishing the capability of its rivals to compete. |
86 |
2000 |
December 28, 2000 - Montgomery Ward, the retail giant since its founding one hundred and twenty-eight years before, announces its intention to cease business. Competition from newer, low-cost retail behemoths such as Wal-Mart lead to its demise. Over the next 10 years Wal-Mart pushes most other 'dime store' businesses to closure. |
87 |
2001 |
April 8, 2001 - Tiger Woods becomes the first golfer to hold all four major golf titles simulteneously by winning the Master's tournament in Augusta, Georgia. This followed a remarkable run in 2000 when Woods claimed victory at the final three majors of that season; the U.S. Open, the British Open, and the PGA Championship. |
87 |
2001 |
NEWS HEADLINES: September 11 -- (9 11) -- The World Trade Towers are hit by terrorist flying commercial planes full of passengers. |
Age | Date | Event |
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1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
15 |
1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
16 |
1930 |
Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. |
18 |
1932 |
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered. |
19 |
1933 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected president under his "New Deal" campaign. Frances Perkins becomes the first woman to hold a cabinet post when FDR appoints her secretary of labor. On December 5, the 21st Amendment is added to the Constitution, repealing Prohibition. Drinks for everyone! |
20 |
1934 |
Farm families must leave the dust bowl-stricken Great Plains areas. The dust bowl includes areas in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Nevada and Arkansas. Radio picks up the "Okie" songs. In all, 400,000 people leave the Great Plains. |
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1934 |
Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize. |
21 |
1935 |
Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time. |
25 |
1939 |
Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color. |
29 |
1943 |
Japanese Americans are relocated to internment camps; Almost 400,000 coal miners go on strike; Race riots break out in Los Angeles and Detroit. |
30 |
1944 |
On June 6, Allied forces invade Normandy (referred to as "D-Day") |
31 |
1945 |
President Roosevelt dies; The United Nations is established; the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima. |
40 |
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. |
48 |
1962 |
The Cuban missile crisis escalates and Americans prepare for a Nuclear War with Fidel Castro in Cuba. |
52 |
1966 |
The Black Panther party is founded. |
53 |
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. |
57 |
1971 |
Charles Manson is found guilt of murder. |
58 |
1972 |
Break-in at the Democratic headquarters sets of the Watergate Scandal. |
59 |
1973 |
The Vietnam War peace pacts were signed in Paris and the last of the American forces finally leave Vietnam. |
63 |
1977 |
Jimmy Carter, a Democrat from GA, is elected president. |
67 |
1981 |
Ronald Reagan is elected president. He will serve two terms. (Republican) |
73 |
1987 |
January 24 - approximately 20,000 protesters march through Cummings, Georgia in all White Forsyth County. |
73 |
1987 |
President Reagan and Soviet leader Gorbachev meet in Washington and sign an agreement calling for the dismantling of all Soviet and US missiles. |
75 |
1989 |
George Bush is elected president. (Republican) |
79 |
1993 |
Bill Clinton is elected president. He will serve two terms. (Democrat) |
80 |
1994 |
O.J. Simpson is chased down by police and later his trial is telecast for the world to watch. |
83 |
1997 |
A robust economy creates the longest prosperity in U.S. history. |
85 |
1999 |
United States budget goes into surplus. |
87 |
2001 |
George W. Bush is elected president. He is the son of George Bush who served as president from 1989-1993. He will serve two terms. (Republican) |
Age | Date | Event |
3 |
1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
5 |
1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
6 |
1920 |
Adolph Hitler begins to organize the Nazi party in Germany; The Ku Klux Klan launches a recruitment campaign using mass marketing techniques to gain 85,000 new recruits; the first commercial broadcast is made. |
24 |
1938 |
Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia. |
25 |
1939 |
Hitler takes over all of Czechoslovakia. On Sept. 1st, Germany invades Poland. On Sept. 3rd, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany. World War II has begun. |
31 |
1945 |
World War II ends with a Japanese delegation signing instrument of surrender aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. |
75 |
1989 |
The Berlin Wall falls uniting communist East Germany and capitalistic West Germany |
76 |
1990 |
Iraq (Sadam Hussein) invades Kuwait causing the U.N. to impose sanctions. This leads to the Gulf War. |
78 |
1992 |
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is formed. |
79 |
1993 |
South Africa accepts racial equality. |
82 |
1996 |
Pope John Paul II affirmed evolution by natural selection |
85 |
1999 |
Yugoslavia breaks up and Serbia is contained. |
86 |
2000 |
Internet, cellphones, and social networking (using websites such as Twitter and Facebook) begin to grow in popularity and become standards for most house holds by 2010. |
86 |
2000 |
China begins to emerge as an economic giant. |
87 |
2001 |
October 7, 2001 - In response to the tragedy of September 11, the United States military, with participation from its ally the United Kingdom, commence the first attack in the War on Terrorism on the Taliban and Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. By November 12, the Taliban government leaves the capital, Kabul. |
87 |
2001 |
September 11, 2001 - 911 - Islamic fundamentalist terrorists hijack four U.S. airliners and crash them into the Pentagon and the World Trade Center in New York City. The attack of two planes levels the World Trade Center and the crash of one plane inflicts serious damage to the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, causing nearly 3,000 deaths. The fourth plane is heroically crashed by passengers into a Shanksville, Pennsylvania cornfield when they learn of the plot, preventing destruction of another structure in Washington, D.C., supposed to be the White House or the Capitol building. The plot is attributed to the Al-Qaeda organization led by Osama Bin Laden. |
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2001 |
April 1, 2001 - China-U.S. incident. An American spyplane collides with a fighter plane of China and makes an emergency landing in Hainan, China. The U.S. crew is detained for ten days |
87 |
2001 |
September 18, 2001 - Anthrax attacks by mail from Princeton, New Jersey against news and government targets begin. Federal officials announce the first case on October 4. World wide concern about terrorism continues to escalate. |
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| Ely "EL" Coxwell Born on March 12, 1913 and died on January 9, 2000
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The Children of Lova Lee "Nig" Crozier
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Royce Eugene Coxwell Born in Blountstown, Florida on December 28, 1936 and died in Jacksonville, Florida on December 26, 1969. He was 33 years old.
Married 6/26/1956 in Bainbridge, GA to Mary Frances Bryant (5/8/1940). No children...
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Donnie Lee Coxwell Born in Blountstown, Florida on December 6, 1940 and died in Port St. Joe, Florida on February 9, 1992. He was 51 years old.
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