In loving memory
Maria dos Anjos Pimentel Furtado
Maria dos Anjos
September 3, 1932 – December 2, 2016
Lived 84 years
Feiteira Pequena, Santana, Nordeste, Sao Miguel
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1932
Born September 3
1939
Maria was 7 when World War II began in Europe
1944
Maria was 12 when Allied troops landed at Normandy on D-Day
1950
Maria was 18 when the Korean War began
1962
Maria was 30 when the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war
1972
Maria was 40 when President Nixon made his historic visit to China
1981
Maria was 49 when Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer
1991
Maria was 59 when the Soviet Union dissolved
2000
Maria was 68 when the world entered 2000 with few Y2K computer problems
2013
Maria was 81 when Nelson Mandela died
2016
Passed away December 2, age 84
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