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Kovacs Elemer Geza
March 23, 1923 – February 17, 2002
Lived 78 years
Deva, Romania
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Édesapám emlékére
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1923
Born March 23
1928
Kovacs was 5 when Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin
1939
Kovacs was 16 when World War II began in Europe
1945
Kovacs was 22 when the war in Europe ended on V-E Day
1957
Kovacs was 34 when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik
1962
Kovacs was 39 when the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war
1975
Kovacs was 52 when Saigon fell, ending the Vietnam War
1989
Kovacs was 66 when the Berlin Wall fell
1991
Kovacs was 68 when the Soviet Union dissolved
2000
Kovacs was 77 when the world entered 2000 with few Y2K computer problems
2002
Passed away February 17, age 78
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