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Doye W Light 1920 - 1999

Doye W Light of Danville, Danville City County, VA was born on August 12, 1920, and died at age 78 years old on July 25, 1999.
Doye W Light
Danville, Danville City County, VA 24540
August 12, 1920
July 25, 1999
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  • 08/12
    1920

    Birthday

    August 12, 1920
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    White, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Pittsylvania County, Virginia United States
  • Early Life & Education

    Grammar School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 20380235 Enlisted: December 1, 1945 in Ft Ord California Military branch: Infantry Rank: Sergeant, Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, And Enlisted Men) Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For Hawaiian Department
  • 07/25
    1999

    Death

    July 25, 1999
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Death location
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In 1920, in the year that Doye W Light was born, 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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In 1948, Doye was 28 years old when on January 30th, Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in New Delhi by a member of a Hindu nationalist party who thought that Gandhi was too accommodating to Muslims. The man, Nathuram Godse, shot Gandhi 3 times. He died immediately. The shooter was tried, convicted, and hung in November 1949.
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