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David F Votaw (1918 - 2008)

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David F Votaw
1918 - 2008
Born
May 11, 1918
Death
May 8, 2008
Last Known Residence
Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts 01801
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David F Votaw of Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts was born on May 11, 1918, and died at age 89 years old on May 8, 2008.
Updated: October 6, 2011
Biography ID: 19049320

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David Votaw passed away at age 89 years old on May 8, 2008. David F Votaw of Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts was born on May 11, 1918.

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David F Votaw lived 16 years longer than the average Votaw family member when he died at the age of 89.
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In 1918, in the year that David F Votaw was born, on November 1, an elevated train on the Brooklyn line of the subway - driven by an inexperienced operator because of a strike - tried to navigate a turn at 30mph. The limit on the curve was 6 mph. The 2nd and 3rd cars of the 5 car wooden train were badly damaged and at least 93 people were killed, making it the deadliest crash in New York subway history.

In 1931, at the age of merely 13 years old, David was alive when on May 1st, the Empire State Building opened in New York City. At 1,454 feet (including the roof and antenna), it was the tallest building in the world until the World Trade Center's North Tower was built in 1970. (It is now the 34th tallest.) Opening at the beginning of the Great Depression, most of the offices in the Empire State Building remained unoccupied for years and the observation deck was an equal source of revenue and kept the building profitable.

In 1946, by the time he was 28 years old, on July 4th, the Philippines gained independence from the United States. In 1964, Independence Day in the Philippines was moved from July 4th to June 12th at the insistence of nationalists and historians.

In 1955, when he was 37 years old, in January, President Eisenhower sent direct aid to South Vietnam. In February, U.S. advisors were sent to train troops.

In 1963, by the time he was 45 years old, 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. Keeler was also involved with the Soviet naval attaché and charges of espionage were feared. No proof of spying was ever found.

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