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Nelson Truman Cotten 1920 - 2008

Nelson Truman Cotten of McAllen, Hidalgo County, Texas was born on June 6, 1920, and died at age 87 years old on March 18, 2008.
Nelson Truman Cotten
McAllen, Hidalgo County, Texas 78501
June 6, 1920
March 18, 2008
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  • 06/6
    1920

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    June 6, 1920
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  • 03/18
    2008

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    March 18, 2008
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    Nelson Truman Cotten 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 Nelson Truman Cotten 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 1934, when he was just 14 years old, on November 11th 1933, an extremely strong dust storm hit South Dakota, stripping topsoil. Other strong dust storms had occurred during 1933. Severe droughts continued to hit the Great Plains and the dust storms devastated agricultural production as well as people's' lives for several years. The Roosevelt administration and scientists eventually determined that farming practices had caused the conditions that led to the dust storms and the changes they implemented in farming stopped the Dust Bowl.
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