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John Gayles 1898 - 1979

John Gayles of New Orleans, Orleans County, Louisiana was born on August 6, 1898, and died at age 81 years old in November 1979.
John Gayles
New Orleans, Orleans County, Louisiana 70113
August 6, 1898
November 1979
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    1898

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    August 6, 1898
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  • 11/dd
    1979

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    November 1979
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    John Gayles lived 15 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 81.
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In 1898, in the year that John Gayles was born, on March 24th, Robert Allison of Pennsylvania became the first person to buy an American-built car. He bought a Winton, which he had seen in an advertisement in Scientific American. The Winton, built in Ohio, was made by hand and came with a leather roof, padded seats, gas lamps, and tires made by B.F. Goodrich.
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In 1934, when he was 36 years old, on June 6th, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was formed as a response to the stock market crash of 1929 and the continuing Great Depression. Previously, the states regulated the offering and sales of stocks - called "blue sky" laws. They were largely ineffective. Roosevelt created a group (one member was Joseph Kennedy, father of the future President Kennedy) who knew Wall Street well and they defined the mission and operating mode for the SEC. The new organization had broad and stringent rules and oversight and restored public confidence in the stock market in the United States.
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