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Edward R Dowd 1920 - 1999

Edward R Dowd of Shamokin, Northumberland County, PA was born on October 13, 1920, and died at age 78 years old on February 17, 1999.
Edward R Dowd
Shamokin, Northumberland County, PA 17872
October 13, 1920
February 17, 1999
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    1920

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    1999

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In 1920, in the year that Edward R Dowd 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 1940, he was 20 years old when on November 5th, President Franklin Roosevelt was elected to a third term, defeating Wendell Willkie of Indiana (a corporate lawyer). Roosevelt running for a third term was controversial. But the U.S. was emerging from the Great Recession and he promised that he would not involve the country in any foreign war (which of course changed when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor). Roosevelt defeated Willkie in the popular vote by 54.7 to 44.8% and in the Electoral College 449 to 82.
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