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John Alston 1912 - 1978

John Alston of Durham, Durham County, North Carolina was born on August 12, 1912, and died at age 65 years old in May 1978.
John Alston
Durham, Durham County, North Carolina 27707
August 12, 1912
May 1978
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John Alston's History: 1912 - 1978

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    1912

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    August 12, 1912
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  • 05/dd
    1978

    Death

    May 1978
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    John Alston lived 3 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 65.
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In 1912, in the year that John Alston was born, in October, former President Theodore Roosevelt was shot, but not killed, while campaigning for another term as President with the newly created Bull Moose (Progressive) Party. John Schrank was a Bavarian-born saloon-keeper from New York who had been stalking Roosevelt when he shot him just before a campaign speech. Shot in the chest (and showing the audience his bloody shirt), Roosevelt went on to give a 55 to 90 minute talk (reports vary on the length) before being treated for the injury. After 8 days in the hospital, Roosevelt went back on the campaign trail.
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In 1927, at the age of just 15 years old, John was alive when 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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