In loving memory
Thomas Newman Capps
July 24, 1936 – January 17, 2009
Lived 72 years
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1936
Born July 24
1939
Thomas was 3 when World War II began in Europe
1945
Thomas was 9 when the war in Europe ended on V-E Day
1958
Thomas was 22 when the Hula Hoop craze swept the country
1969
Thomas was 33 when the Woodstock music festival opened
1976
Thomas was 40 when America celebrated its Bicentennial
1981
Thomas was 45 when MTV began broadcasting
1998
Thomas was 62 when "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was published in America
2007
Thomas was 71 when the first iPhone went on sale
2009
Passed away January 17, age 72
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