

It was a response to the criticism that men could fight at 18, but not vote for the policies and politicians who sent them to war. In 1971, by the time she was 29 years old, in March, Congress passed the Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which lowered the voting age to 18 (from 21). Keeler was also involved with the Soviet naval attaché and charges of espionage were feared. In 1963, at the age of 21 years old, Virginia was alive when the British Secretary of War, 46 year old John Profumo ,was forced to resign when he lied about an affair with 19 year old Christine Keeler. The US flag was changed to show 50 stars. In 1959, at the age of 17 years old, Virginia was alive when on August 8th, Hawaii became the 50th state of the United States. The disaster was so shocking that it replaced World War II in the headlines and lead to reforms in safety standards and codes.

The origins of the fire are unknown but it killed 492 people - the deadliest nightclub fire in U.S. In 1942, in the year that Virginia G Gamboa was born, on November 28th at 10:15p, a nightclub in Boston, the Cocoanut Grove, caught fire. Refresh this page to see various historical events that occurred during Virginia's lifetime.
