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Alonzo R Jr Gettys 1920 - 1985

Alonzo R Jr Gettys of Bryn Mawr, Delaware County, PA was born on February 20, 1920, and died at age 65 years old in July 1985.
Alonzo R Jr Gettys
Bryn Mawr, Delaware County, PA 19010
February 20, 1920
July 1985
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  • 02/20
    1920

    Birthday

    February 20, 1920
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Negro, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Delaware County, Pennsylvania United States
  • Early Life & Education

    4 Years Of High School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 33103673 Enlisted: October 23, 1941 in Ft George G Meade Maryland Military branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, Usa Rank: Private, Selectees (enlisted Men)
  • Professional Career

    Unskilled Molders
  • 07/dd
    1985

    Death

    July 1985
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
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In 1920, in the year that Alonzo R Jr Gettys was born, on November 2, radio station KDKA began broadcasting in Pittsburgh, PA. This was the first commercial radio broadcast in the United States. Westinghouse, a leading manufacturer of radios and the backer of the station, chose the date because of the Presidential election. People liked it because they could hear about the results of the election between Harding and Cox before the morning papers arrived. Four years later, there were 600 commercial stations broadcasting in the U.S.
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In 1943, by the time he was 23 years old, on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.
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