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Race riots in Beaumont, Tx had been going on for much of the 1940s but on June 15,1943 a strike of 2,000 shippyard workers turned into a 4,000 plus march as the night went on. https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1337&context=ethj
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Irving King Jordan born in Glen Riddle, Georgia.
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On their way home from playing in the European Cup a plane carrying the Manchester United FCnever made it off the runway in Munich after stopping to refuel. Eight of the twenty-three who lost their lives due to the plane wreck were players. The team became the first English team to win the European Cup ten years after the crash. https://ir.manutd.com/company-information/history.aspx#:~:text=The%20team%20first%20entered%20the,Old%20Trafford%2C%20our%20current%20stadium.
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Irving King Jordan enlists in the US Navy following his graduation from high school.
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President John F. Kennedy was assassinated while on a visit to Dallas, Tx. He died in Parkland Hospital in Dallas after being shot in the head by Lee Harvey Oswald.
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Due to motorcycle accident Irving King Jordan was left profoundly Deaf at the age of 21.
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. civil right s actives is assassinated. his most notable speech "I have a Dream" was give on Aug. 28, 1963 just months before the death of JFK.
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Irving King Jordan graduates from Galluadet College for the Deaf with a BA in Psychology. Galluadet College was established by Thomas Hopkins Galluadet and Laurent Clerc in April 1864.
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Irving King Jordan earns PhD from University of Tennessee and joins the Galluadet Department of Psychology.
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British rule in India came to an end in 1947. With the creation of Muslim majority Pakistan and Hindu majority India the two religions flocked to their respective countries during what is now called Partition. This mass migration occurred out of fear of being the minority and there was much violence on both sides.
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1983 Dr. Irving King Jordan becomes chair of the Psychology Department at Gallaudet College. Three years later he is appointed the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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Galluadet College for the Deaf was given university status by Congress.
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Deaf President Now movement occurred because Deaf students and facility were tired of having a hearing person run their school in addition to having the majority of staff and the members of its Board of Trustees being hearing as well. This is because who is better to educate the Deaf than the Deaf? Especially after decades of having a hearing majority voice at the table. https://www.gallaudet.edu/about/history-and-traditions/deaf-president-now/the-issues/history-behind-dpn
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Dr. Irving King Jordan becomes the first Deaf President of Galluadet University and of any higher education establishment in the United States of America.
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Dr. Irving King Jordan is appointed Vice Chair of the President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities by President George Bush. President Clinton reappoints him in 1993
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Americans with Disabilities Act est. 1990 with the ADAAA passed int 2009 and going into effect Jan. 1st 2009.
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Dr. Irving King Jordan led 1st comprehensive capital campaign for Galluadet University raising 40 million dollars to boost the education programs, build a Student Academic Center, and add to the endowment.
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Dr. Irving King Jordan receives the Presidential Citizens Medal from President Clinton along with 27 other recipients. The Presidential Citizens Medal was established on Nov. 13 1969 by Executive Order #11494.
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Dr. Irving King Jordan receives the Greatest Public Service Benefiting the Disadvantaged by the Jefferson Awards Foundation.
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President Obama appoints Dr. Irving King Jordan to serve on the Commission of Presidential Scholars.