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Donald Gillies 1914 - 1979

Donald Gillies of Homewood, Cook County, Illinois was born on November 7, 1914, and died at age 64 years old in January 1979.

Donald Gillies

Homewood, Cook County, Illinois 60430

November 7, 1914

January 1979

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November 7, 1914

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January 1979

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Donald Gillies lived 11 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 64.

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In 1914, in the year that Donald Gillies was born, in June, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated by a Yugoslavian national. Austria-Hungary delivered an ultimatum to Serbia. Other major powers took sides - and World War I began: Austria declared war on Serbia; Germany on Russia and France; Britain on Germany . . . and on it went until most of the world was embroiled in the war.

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In 1923, Donald was merely 9 years old when Harlem's Cotton Club opened in New York City. Owned by a bootlegger and gangster, it was a 700 seat speakeasy that catered to a "white only" clientele. But most of the entertainers were African-American and featured some of the best entertainers of the time such as Lena Horne, the Nicholas Brothers, Ethel Waters, and Cab Calloway.

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