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Dewitt P Meley (1915 - 1995)

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Dewitt P Meley
1915 - 1995
Born
November 21, 1915
Death
August 1, 1995
Last Known Residence
Northbrook, Cook County, Illinois 60062
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Dewitt P Meley of Northbrook, Cook County, Illinois was born on November 21, 1915, and died at age 79 years old on August 1, 1995.
Updated: October 4, 2011
Biography ID: 12979422

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Dewitt Meley passed away at age 79 years old on August 1, 1995. Dewitt P Meley of Northbrook, Cook County, Illinois was born on November 21, 1915.

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Dewitt P Meley lived 3 years longer than the average Meley family member when he died at the age of 79.
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1915 - 1995 World Events

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In 1915, in the year that Dewitt P Meley was born, the Germans first used poison gas as a weapon at the second Battle of Ypres during World War I. While noxious gases had been used since ancient times, this was the first use of poisonous gas - in this case, lethal chlorine gas - in modern war. Subsequently, the French and British - as well as the United States when they entered World War 1 - developed and used lethal gas in war.

In 1934, when he was 19 years old, on November 11th 1933, an extremely strong dust storm hit South Dakota, stripping topsoil. Other strong dust storms had occurred during 1933. Severe droughts continued to hit the Great Plains and the dust storms devastated agricultural production as well as people's' lives for several years. The Roosevelt administration and scientists eventually determined that farming practices had caused the conditions that led to the dust storms and the changes they implemented in farming stopped the Dust Bowl.

In 1978, by the time he was 63 years old, on July 25th, Louise Brown, the first "test-tube baby", was born at Oldham Hospital in London. Louise was conceived through IVF (in vitro fertilization), a controversial and experimental procedure at the time.

In 1983, when he was 68 years old, on August 30th, the Soviet Union claimed that a South Korean Boeing 747 jetliner (Flight 007), bound for Seoul from New York City, had strayed into Soviet airspace. Saying that they believed it to be a U.S. spy plane, the passenger jet was shot down by a Soviet SU-15 fighter - after it had tracked the airliner for two hours. All 269 passengers (including a U.S. Representative from Georgia) and crew were killed.

In 1995, in the year of Dewitt P Meley's passing, on September 3rd, eBay was founded in San Jose California. Beginning as simply a place for Pierre Omidyar's girlfriend (now wife) to share her Pez passion and collection online, the site has become a multibillion-dollar business and operates in 30 countries.

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