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Dorsey Townsend 1899 - 1985

Dorsey Townsend of Summersville, Nicholas County, West Virginia was born on June 4, 1899, and died at age 86 years old in August 1985.

Dorsey Townsend

Summersville, Nicholas County, West Virginia 26651

June 4, 1899

August 1985

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June 4, 1899

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In 1899, in the year that Dorsey Townsend was born, on February 4th, the Philippine–American War began. The Philippines objected to the Treaty of Paris, signed in 1898, that transferred possession of the Philippines from Spain to the U.S. Filipinos began a fight for independence and fighting between U.S. forces and those of the Philippine Republic broke out. On June 2nd, the Philippines officially declared war on the United States.

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In 1920, at the age of 21 years old, Dorsey was alive when on November 2, radio station KDKA began broadcasting in Pittsburgh, PA. This was the first commercial radio broadcast in the United States. Westinghouse, a leading manufacturer of radios and the backer of the station, chose the date because of the Presidential election. People liked it because they could hear about the results of the election between Harding and Cox before the morning papers arrived. Four years later, there were 600 commercial stations broadcasting in the U.S.

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