Dr. John Lipscomb Ulmer

Male14 June 1960–2 May 2019

Brief Life History of John Lipscomb

When Dr. John Lipscomb Ulmer was born on 14 June 1960, in East Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, United States, his father, Dr. Shirley Sidney Ulmer, was 37 and his mother, Margaret A. Lipscomb, was 33. He died on 2 May 2019, at the age of 58, and was buried in Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Dr. Shirley Sidney Ulmer
1923–2018
Margaret A. Lipscomb
1926–2012
Dr. John Lipscomb Ulmer
1960–2019

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  • John Lipscomb Ulmer, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1961 · The Twenty-Third Amendment

Age 1

The Twenty-third Amendment gives the residents in the District of Columbia the right to vote in presidential elections and to give the district electors in the Electoral College.

1967 · The Detroit Race Riots

Age 7

A party on July 23, 1979, was held on 12th Street at an illegal after hours club for two veterans who had just returned from service in Vietnam. Racial tensions ran high between police and African-American residents in the area. Police waited outside the establishment, which gathered a crowd of nearly 200 onlookers. The crowd threw bottles at the police, one of which broke through the window of a patrol car. A small riot erupted and the police fled as thousands more people flowed into the streets. The crowd began looting and ransacking businesses. The first fire erupted at 6:30am and every member of the fire and police departments were called to duty. The National Guard and U.S. Army were sent to end the disturbance. The rioting continued for four days and by the end, over 7,000 people had been arrested, many were injured, and 43 people were killed. Thousands of stores had been looted and burned, leaving thousands of people homeless.

1976 · The Copyright Act of 1976

Age 16

The primary form of copyright law in the United States. The Act spells out what is the basic rights of the copyright holder and what is classified as fair use.

Name Meaning

German:

habitational name for someone from the city of Ulm (see Ulm 1).

from the ancient Germanic personal name Odolmar, composed of the elements odal ‘inherited property’ + mār ‘famous’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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