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Alfred Whitney 1899 - 1977

Alfred Whitney (1899 - 1977)
Full legal name
Alfred Whitney
Last Known Residence
Greenville, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire 03048
Born
January 22, 1899
Death
May 1977
Summary
Alfred Whitney of Greenville, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire was born on January 22, 1899, and died at age 78 years old in May 1977.

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Greenville, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire 03048
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January 22, 1899
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Alfred Whitney passed away at age 78 years old in May 1977. Alfred Whitney of Greenville, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire was born on January 22, 1899.

Average Age & Life Expectancy

Alfred Whitney lived 5 years longer than the average Whitney family member when he died at the age of 78.
The average age of a Whitney family member is 73.
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1899 - 1977 World Events

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In 1899, in the year that Alfred Whitney was born, on February 4th, the Philippine–American War began. The Philippines objected to the Treaty of Paris, signed in 1898, that transferred possession of the Philippines from Spain to the U.S. Filipinos began a fight for independence and fighting between U.S. forces and those of the Philippine Republic broke out. On June 2nd, the Philippines officially declared war on the United States.

In 1904, at the age of only 5 years old, Alfred was alive when the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.

In 1916, by the time he was 17 years old, in June, the U.S. Congress authorized a plan to expand the armed forces over the next five years. Called the National Defense Act of 1916, the national law expanded the National Guard and Army (the Army added an aviation unit), created the Reserves, and gave the President expanded authority to federalize the National Guard. It also allowed the government to stockpile, in advance, materiel to be used in wartime.

In 1960, Alfred was 61 years old when on September 26th, the first televised debate for a Presidential campaign in the United States - Kennedy vs Nixon - was held. Seventy million people watched the debate on TV. The debate pre-empted the very popular Andy Griffith Show.

In 1977, in the year of Alfred Whitney's passing, on January 21st, President Carter pardoned "draft dodgers" - men who avoided the draft during the Vietnam War. He fulfilled a campaign promise with the pardon. But it only applied to civilian evaders - the estimated 500,000 to 1 million active-duty personnel who went AWOL were not included.

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