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Ira C Whetzel 1920 - 2007

Ira C Whetzel of Petersburg, Grant County, WV was born on February 26, 1920, and died at age 87 years old on October 18, 2007.
Ira C Whetzel
Petersburg, Grant County, WV 26847
February 26, 1920
October 18, 2007
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  • 02/26
    1920

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    February 26, 1920
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  • 10/18
    2007

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    October 18, 2007
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    Ira C Whetzel lived 16 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 87.
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In 1920, in the year that Ira C Whetzel 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 1957, at the age of 37 years old, Ira was alive when on September 24th, the "Little Rock Nine" (nine African-American students) entered Little Rock High School. Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus had previously prevented the students from entering the school at the beginning of the term with the Arkansas National Guard - they blocked the door. President Eisenhower ordered federal troops - the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army - to guard the students and allow them entry.
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