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John Olson 1906 - 1955

John Olson was born on December 3, 1906, and died at age 48 years old in May 1955. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember John Olson.
John Olson
December 3, 1906
May 1955
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  • 12/3
    1906

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    December 3, 1906
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  • 05/dd
    1955

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    May 1955
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    John Olson lived 27 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 48.
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In 1906, in the year that John Olson was born, author Upton Sinclair exposed the public-health threat of the meat-packing industry in his book The Jungle. While his intent was to show the lives of exploited lives of immigrants in Chicago and other industrialized cities, most people were horrified by how the meat that ended up on their tables was handled. There was such an outcry that legislation was passed to regulate meat packing. Sinclair said " "I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach."
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In 1915, he was merely 9 years old when in May, the RMS Lusitania was sunk by a German torpedo. The Lusitania was a British passenger ship that was sailing from New York to Liverpool England. She sank in 18 minutes - 1,198 died and 761 survived. While travelers were the main casualty - and commodity - the Lusitania did carry wartime weapons. "Remember the Lusitania" became the rallying cry of World War 1.
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