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Cecil B. DeMille 1881 - 1959

Cecil DeMille was born on August 12, 1881 in Ashfield, Massachusetts United States to Henry Churchill DeMille and Matilda Beatrice (Samuel) DeMille, and had siblings William Churchill deMille and Agnes de Mille. Cecil DeMille died at age 77 years old on January 21, 1959 in Los Angeles, CA.

Cecil DeMille
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In 1881, in the year that Cecil B. DeMille was born, on April 28th, Billy the Kid escaped from the Lincoln County Jail in New Mexico. He killed James Bell and Robert Ollinger in the escape and then stole a horse and rode out of town. On July 14th, Pat Garrett shot and killed Billy the Kid in Billy's friend's home near Fort Sumner, New Mexico.
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In 1898, when he was 17 years old, magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company controlled 84% of the oil and pipelines in the United States. Rockefeller grew Standard Oil through the merger of several other small oil companies throughout the U.S., creating a monopoly.
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Demille, Lillie (Apr 17, 1882 - Sep 1973) Demille, Timothy (Apr 4, 1942 - Feb 1979) Demille, Margaret (Oct 5, 1911 - Feb 23, 1998) Demille, Margaret (Aug 26, 1918 - Jul 1, 2010) Demille, Leo (Feb 16, 1922 - Jan 1982) Demille, John (Apr 1, 1943 - Jun 20, 2008) Demille, Blandine (Jan 16, 1914 - Jan 19, 1998) Demille, Joseph (May 10, 1912 - May 1979) Demille, Mary (Jun 17, 1922 - Mar 2, 1996) Demille, John (Aug 5, 1920 - Jan 8, 2008)
Demille, Jessie (Nov 28, 1885 - Sep 1978) Demille, Roy (Sep 9, 1895 - Jul 1963) Demille, Exilda (Dec 6, 1896 - Jul 1978) Demille, Robert (Jan 27, 1924 - Apr 1982) Demille, Donald (Sep 1, 1957 - Jun 22, 2004) Demille, Margaret (Jan 26, 1922 - Feb 23, 1998) Demille, Mary (May 10, 1910 - Jun 8, 1997) Demille, Cecilia (Dec 19, 1901 - Dec 1971) Demille, Alva (Sep 16, 1910 - Nov 23, 1994) Demille, Florence (Jun 29, 1918 - Jul 15, 2007)
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