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James Snyder
May 31, 1945 – August 30, 2022
Lived 77 years
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1945
Born May 31
1947
James was 2 when Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier
1958
James was 13 when the Hula Hoop craze swept the country
1962
James was 17 when the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war
1972
Married
1975
James was 30 when Saigon fell, ending the Vietnam War
1989
James was 44 when "The Simpsons" debuted as a series
1998
James was 53 when Google was founded
2005
James was 60 when the first video was posted to YouTube
2014
James was 69 when the Ice Bucket Challenge went viral
2021
James was 76 when the James Webb Space Telescope was launched
2022
Passed away August 30, age 77
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