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Edward Thornton 1898 - 1971

Edward Thornton of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois was born on August 22, 1898, and died at age 72 years old in January 1971.
Edward Thornton
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 60654
August 22, 1898
January 1971
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Edward Thornton's History: 1898 - 1971

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    1898

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    August 22, 1898
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  • 01/dd
    1971

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    January 1971
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    Edward Thornton lived 1 year longer than the average family member when died at the age of 72.
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In 1898, in the year that Edward Thornton was born, on February 15th, the USS Maine exploded and sank in Havana harbor. The reason for the explosion has never been found, but it killed 266 men. "Remember the Maine" became a rallying cry and precipitated the United States' declaration of war on Spain two months later - the beginning of the Spanish-American War. On December 10th, the war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. The Treaty gave the U.S. Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Guam - for $20 million - and, temporarily, Cuba.
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In 1927, by the time he was 29 years old, in September, the Columbia Broadcasting System (later called CBS) became the second national radio network in the U.S. The first broadcast was a presentation by the Howard Barlow Orchestra from radio station WOR in Newark, New Jersey.
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