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Blanche Rous 1912 - 2007

Blanche Rous of Peoria, Peoria County, IL was born on July 14, 1912, and died at age 94 years old on February 17, 2007.
Blanche Rous
Peoria, Peoria County, IL 61614
July 14, 1912
February 17, 2007
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  • 07/14
    1912

    Birthday

    July 14, 1912
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  • 02/17
    2007

    Death

    February 17, 2007
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    Blanche Rous lived 16 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 94.
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In 1912, in the year that Blanche Rous was born, the RMS Titanic sank in April. The RMS Titanic was a British built and run passenger liner that was billed as "unsinkable." On its maiden voyage from Southampton England to New York City, carrying about 2,224 passengers and crew - from the wealthiest people in the world to poor emigrants from Europe, the Titanic hit an iceberg. Five of her watertight compartments failed but she was designed to survive only 4 being flooded. She began to sink. There were only enough lifeboats for about half of the passengers so over 1,000 remained behind while "women and children first" were loaded. Over 1500 died, making it the largest maritime disaster in modern history.
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In 1926, at the age of only 14 years old, Blanche was alive when on November 15th, NBC was founded. It was the U.S.'s first major broadcast network. Ownership of the network was split between RCA (a majority partner at 50%), its founding corporate parent General Electric (which owned 30%), and Westinghouse (which owned the remaining 20%).
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