The Political Graveyard: February 8, 1960 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were born on February 8 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1960 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were married on February 8 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1960 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: Lawrence L. Belcher See also: Politicians who died on February 8 (all years), or politicians who died in 1960 (all dates). Centenaries and half-centenaries of the births and deaths of dead politicians on this date: 100 Years: Oliver A. Spencer, born February 8, 1860 50 Years: Edward C. Ericson, died February 8, 1910 Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 101: Luere B. Deasy Age 99: Arthur Miller Age 96: Clyde C. Dawson Age 95: John S. McDonald Age 91: O. S. Harrison Age 87: Leigh G. Kirkland Age 81: Robert H. Lane Age 79: Charles W. Vursell; Joseph J. Hauser Age 76: O. P. Jacobson Age 75: John S. Wood Age 73: Joseph L. Heffernan Age 72: Albert W. Elsasser; Harold B. Quarton Age 71: Matt L. McWhorter Age 70: John F. Kavanagh Age 68: Carl G. Card; Harland A. McPhetres Age 65: Fred E. Busbey Age 63: Clyde A. Erwin Age 60: Joe H. Miller Age 59: James B. Cochran; Frank D. Brown; Harry B. Hickey, Jr. Age 54: Charles W. Cole Age 53: John M. Zwach; Louis H. Artuso; Ray Middleton Age 52: John Matthew Cannella Age 50: Nick J. Rajkovich Age 47: Fred B. Cohen Age 46: Ben Hill Brown, Jr. Age 43: John E. Crynock Age 41: E. Keith Thomson; Dorothy G. O'Brien Age 40: Vince Whibbs Age 39: William V. Kozerski; L. Calhoun Allen, Jr.; Truman McGill Hobbs Age 37: Edward Bivens, Jr. Age 33: John N. Erlenborn; John T. Myers Age 32: Howard E. Futch Age 30: Arlan Stangeland Age 29: Kenneth M. Curtis Age 26: Joanne G. Emmons Age 25: Larry Conrad Age 24: William J. Oates, Jr.; Coleen Seng Age 20: Donald Stewart Age 18: James T. Smith, Jr. Age 17: Murray Levin Age 16: Janet Bond Arterton Age 13: John McCarthy Roll Age 10: Gerald Allen Age 9: Rick Davis Age 6: Glenn S. 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