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Joseph Henry Nelson
October 27, 1928 – April 21, 1969
Lived 40 years
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1928
Born October 27
1939
Joseph was 11 when "Gone with the Wind" premiered in Atlanta
1945
Joseph was 17 when World War II ended
1947
Joseph was 19 when Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier
1950
Joseph was 22 when the Korean War began
1962
Joseph was 34 when the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war
1969
Passed away April 21, age 40
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