![]() ![]() Civil Rights groups had planned a march on Washington D.C. EO 8802 was the first federal action to prohibit employment discrimination - without prejudice as to "race, creed, color, or national origin" - in the U.S. In 1941, he was just 4 years old when on June 25th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8802, prohibiting racial discrimination in the defense industry. The reasons for the explosion are still disputed. Thirty-six people were killed out of the 97 on board - 13 passengers, 22 crewmen, and one ground worker. It tried to dock in New Jersey, one of the stops, and something went wrong - it blew up. The Hindenburg was a passenger ship traveling to Frankfurt Germany. In 1937, in the year that Robert A Snook was born, on May 6th, the German zeppelin the Hindenburg caught fire and blew up. ![]() Refresh this page to see various historical events that occurred during Robert's lifetime. ![]()
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