Joseph Peter Defeo

January 15, 1927 – December 18, 2020

Lived 93 years

Baltimore, Maryland you people have too much money”.

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“You people have too much money. “

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1927

Born January 15

1928

Joseph was 1 when Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin

1939

Joseph was 12 when World War II began in Europe

1945

Joseph was 18 when World War II ended

1950

Joseph was 23 when the Korean War began

1962

Joseph was 35 when the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war

1970

Joseph was 43 when the Beatles broke up

1989

Joseph was 62 when the Berlin Wall fell

1991

Joseph was 64 when the Soviet Union dissolved

2008

Joseph was 81 when Michael Phelps won eight gold medals in Beijing

2011

Joseph was 84 when Prince William married Catherine Middleton

2020

Passed away December 18, age 93

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