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She was also the youngest (32) astronaut to go into space. Ride, 32, became the first US woman astronaut in space as a crew member aboard space shuttle Challenger on June 18th. In 1983, Wanda was 50 years old when physicist Sally K. Running against incumbent Gerald Ford, he won 50.1% of the popular vote to Ford's 48.0%. In 1977, at the age of 44 years old, Wanda was alive when on January 20th, Jimmy Carter became the 39th President of the United States.
Although it was discovered that the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, the Neshoba County Sheriff's Office and the Philadelphia, Mississippi Police Department were involved, only 7 men were convicted and served less than six years. Their bodies were found two months later. Working with "Freedom Summer", they were registering African-Americans to vote in the Southern states. In 1964, Wanda was 31 years old when in June, three young civil rights workers - Andrew Goodman and Mickey Schwerner from New York City, and James Chaney from Meridian, Mississippi - were kidnapped and murdered in Mississippi. The flag was changed to display 49 stars. In 1959, Wanda was 26 years old when on January 3rd, Alaska became the 49th state of the United States and the first state not a part of the contiguous United States. Some of the major programs that survive from his presidency are the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Wagner Act (The National Labor Relations Act of 1935), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Social Security. His wife was his cousin Eleanor Roosevelt (Teddy Roosevelt's niece) who President Truman called "First Lady of the World". He was elected four times (equaled by no other President) and guided the United States through the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and World War 2. In 1933, in the year that Wanda M Morris was born, on March 4th, Franklin Delano Roosevelt became the 32nd President of the United States. Refresh this page to see various historical events that occurred during Wanda's lifetime.
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