In 1982, in the year of Leslie Cox's passing, on June 30th, time ran out on the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). It was a year long celebration, with the biggest events taking place on July 4th. In 1976, he was 61 years old when The United States celebrated the Bicentennial of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. A generation of Baby Boomers were raised by the advice of Dr. Aside from the Bible, it became the best selling book of the 20th century. It sold half a million copies in the first six months. Benjamin Spock's book "The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care" was published. In 1946, when he was 31 years old, pediatrician Dr. Hitler was charged with treason and convicted, receiving a sentence of 5 years. In 1923, at the age of just 8 years old, Leslie was alive when on November 8th and 9th, Adolf Hitler and his followers (the early Nazi party) staged the "Beer Hall Putsch" in Munich in an attempt to take over Bavaria (a state in Germany). Subsequently, the French and British - as well as the United States when they entered World War 1 - developed and used lethal gas in war. ![]() While noxious gases had been used since ancient times, this was the first use of poisonous gas - in this case, lethal chlorine gas - in modern war. ![]() In 1915, in the year that Leslie Cox was born, the Germans first used poison gas as a weapon at the second Battle of Ypres during World War I. Refresh this page to see various historical events that occurred during Leslie's lifetime.
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