In loving memory
Jadwiga Krawiec
October 27, 1923 – July 28, 1997
Lived 73 years
Guelph, Ontario
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1923
Born October 27
1929
Jadwiga was 6 when the Persons Case recognized Canadian women as persons under the law
1939
Jadwiga was 16 when Canada declared war on Germany as World War II began
1944
Jadwiga was 21 when Allied troops landed at Normandy on D-Day
1957
Jadwiga was 34 when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik
1962
Jadwiga was 39 when the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war
1972
Jadwiga was 49 when Paul Henderson's goal won the Summit Series against the Soviet Union
1989
Jadwiga was 66 when the Berlin Wall fell
1991
Jadwiga was 68 when the Soviet Union dissolved
1997
Passed away July 28, age 73
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