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John Burvill (1865 - 1949)
John Burvill was born in 1865. He was born to Burvill Alfred Burvill and Elizabeth Mounesy Burvill, and we currently have no other siblings in his family tree. He died in 1949 in Trafalgar, Australia at age 84.
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John Burvill died in in Trafalgar, Australia
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John Burvill died in 1949 in Trafalgar, Australia at 84 years of age. He was born in 1865. He was born to Burvill Alfred Burvill and Elizabeth Mounesy Burvill, and we currently have no other siblings in his family tree.
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1865 - 1949 World Events
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In 1865, in the year that John Burvill was born, on January 4th, the New York Stock Exchange - "The Big Board" - opened its first permanent headquarters. It was at 10-12 Broad, near Wall Street, in New York City.
In 1898, he was 33 years old when magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company controlled 84% of the oil and pipelines in the United States. Rockefeller grew Standard Oil through the merger of several other small oil companies throughout the U.S., creating a monopoly.
In 1910, John was 45 years old when Halley's comet, which returns past the earth every 75 - 76 years was observed photographically for the first time. Two fortuitous events occurred - photography had been invented since the last time the comet had passed and the comet was relatively close. There was panic because one astronomer claimed that the gas from its tail "would impregnate the atmosphere and possibly snuff out all life on the planet." People bought gas masks, "anti-comet pills" and "anti-comet umbrellas".
In 1939, he was 74 years old when in May, Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first full-length animated film, reached a total international gross of $6.5 million which made it (to then) the most successful sound film of all time. First released in December 1937, it was originally dubbed "Disney's Folly" but the premiere received a standing ovation from the audience. At the 11th Academy Awards in February 1939, Walt Disney won an Academy Honorary Award - a full-size Oscar statuette and seven miniature ones - for Snow White.
In 1949, in the year of John Burvill's passing, comedian Milton Berle hosted the first telethon show. It raised $1,100,000 for cancer research and lasted 16 hours. The next day, newspapers, in writing about the event, first used the word "telethon."
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