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Gerald Wayne Knight, 1948–2014 (aged 66 years)

Name
Gerald Wayne /Knight/
Given names
Gerald Wayne
Surname
Knight
Birth
April 20, 1948
Chinese Conflicts
Chinese Communist/Kuomintang Civil War
from August 10, 1945 to December 7, 1949 (aged 1 year)
Note: This represented the defeat and withdrawal of the Kuomintang to Taiwan by Mao Zedong
China Government/Dynasties
Republic of China
from 1912 to 1949 (aged 0)
Note: Source citation: Republic of China Wikipedia
China Government/Dynasties
People's Republic of China
1949 (aged 0)
Chinese American Events
McCarthyism
from 1940 to 1950 (aged 1 year)
Note: Source citation: McCarthyism Wikipedia
Note: An example of memes and slogans during this time was 'better dead than red' and the Domino theory
34th President of the United States
Dwight D Eisenhower
January 20, 1953 (aged 4 years)
Chinese American Conflicts
Korean War
from June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953 (aged 5 years)
Note: Source citation: Korean War Wikipedia
35th President of the United States
John F Kennedy
January 20, 1961 (aged 12 years)
36th President of the United States
Lyndon B Johnson
November 22, 1963 (aged 15 years)
American Conflicts
Vietnam War
from November 1, 1955 to April 30, 1975 (aged 27 years)
Note: Source citation: Vietnam_War Wikipedia
Chinese Events
Cultural Revolution
from 1949 to 1976 (aged 27 years)
Note: The wanton distruction of Chinese clan genealogy documents along with cultural relics by the Red Guards made tracing Chinese Americans family heritage even harder. This represented Mao Zedong' s attempt to regain local control of China.
Note: Source citation: Cultural Revolution Wikipedia
American INS program
Chinese Confession Program
from 1956 to 1965 (aged 16 years)
Note: A program of the Immigration and Naturalization Service allowing reconciliation of the illegal entry status of paper sons. This caused much fear and distrust among the Chinese American population. The number of participants were less than initially predicted.
37th President of the United States
Richard Nixon
January 20, 1969 (aged 20 years)
38th President of the United States
Gerald Ford
August 9, 1974 (aged 26 years)
39th President of the United States
Jimmy Carter
January 20, 1977 (aged 28 years)
40th President of the United States
Ronald Reagan
January 20, 1981 (aged 32 years)
41st President of the United States
George H W Bush
January 20, 1989 (aged 40 years)
42nd President of the United States
Bill Clinton
January 20, 1993 (aged 44 years)
43rd President of the United States
George W Bush
January 20, 2001 (aged 52 years)
44th President of the United States
Barack Obama
January 20, 2009 (aged 60 years)
Death
December 21, 2014 (aged 66 years)