The Political Graveyard: May 5, 1983 (original) (raw)

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| Politicians who were born on this date: Kevin Park — Columbia, Howard County, Md. See also: Politicians who were born on May 5 (all years), or politicians who were born in 1983 (all dates). Politicians who were married on this date: None currently in database. See: Politicians who were married on May 5 (all years), or politicians who were married in 1983 (all dates). Politicians who died on this date: E. Ross Adair — Fort Wayne, Allen County, Ind. See also: Politicians who died on May 5 (all years), or politicians who died in 1983 (all dates). Centenaries and half-centenaries of the births and deaths of dead politicians on this date: 150 Years: W. Irving Yeckley, born May 5, 1833 100 Years: Ralph E. Church, born May 5, 1883 50 Years: Frederic W. Goding, died May 5, 1933 Birthdays of presumed living (at the time) politicians on this date: Age 95: David Milton Figart Age 93: William Beardall Age 91: J. E. Broyhill Age 88: Roland Hacker Cobb; Byrd Fanita Sawyer Age 86: Saul S. Streit; Gordon Goff Age 84: James E. Maroney Age 75: Philip F. Cherp Age 73: Glenn Francis Brockett Age 72: Edward J. Devitt; Herschel C. Loveless Age 70: Robert Joseph Kelleher Age 68: Clair A. White Age 64: Graham Purcell, Jr. Age 62: H. Horton Rountree Age 60: William C. Campbell Age 56: Harold B. Clark; Fred A. Risser; Shelby A. Rhinehart Age 53: Lawrence J. O'Brien Age 52: John P. East Age 49: Walter H. Capps; Thomas Michael Shanahan Age 46: Tony Benavides Age 45: Dick Mell Age 44: James R. Jones Age 42: Craig T. James Age 41: John Lawrence Age 40: Gary Eugene Hannibal Age 38: Charles A. Gonzalez Age 35: Wesley C. Mues Age 31: Ed Lee Age 22: Michael James Dunleavy Age 17: Christine Pelosi | | | 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