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Reginald Conran Wyly 1880 - 1965

Reginald Conran Wyly (1880 - 1965)
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Reginald Conran Wyly
Last Known Residence
Melbourne Australia
Born
1880
Death
1965
Melbourne
Australia
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Reginald Conran Wyly of Melbourne Australia was born in 1880 to Alexander Pe Wyly and Alexa Julia Glance Wyly. Reginald Wyly died at age 85 years old in 1965 in Melbourne.

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Reginald Wyly passed away at age 85 years old in 1965 in Melbourne. Reginald Conran Wyly of Melbourne Australia was born in 1880 to Alexander Pe Wyly and Alexa Julia Glance Wyly.

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Reginald Conran Wyly lived 10 years longer than the average Wyly family member when he died at the age of 85.
The average age of a Wyly family member is 75.
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1880 - 1965 World Events

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In 1880, in the year that Reginald Conran Wyly was born, on February 2nd the city of Wabash, Indiana became the third city in the world to be lit by electricity.

In 1918, when he was 38 years old, in January, President Wilson presented his Fourteen Points, which assured citizens that World War I was being fought for a moral cause and outlined a plan for postwar peace in Europe. The only leader of the Allies to present such a plan, the Europeans thought Wilson was being too idealistic. The points included free trade, open agreements, democracy and self-determination. They were based on the research and suggestions of 150 advisors.

In 1928, by the time he was 48 years old, aviatrix Amelia Earhart, age 31, became the first woman to fly solo across North America and back in August. In June, she had been part of a 3 man crew that flew the Atlantic Ocean but since she had no instrument training, she couldn't fly the plane - she kept the flight log. The North American flight became one of her many "firsts" as a female pilot.

In 1941, at the age of 61 years old, Reginald was alive when in his State of the Union address on January 6th, President Roosevelt detailed the "four freedoms" that everyone in the world should have: Freedom of speech, Freedom of worship, Freedom from want, and Freedom from fear. In the same speech, he outlined the benefits of democracy which he said were economic opportunity, employment, social security, and the promise of "adequate health care".

In 1965, in the year of Reginald Conran Wyly's passing, the television show "I Spy" premiered in the fall season on NBC. The stars were Bill Cosby and Robert Culp, making Cosby the first African American to headline a television show. Four stations - in Georgia, Florida, and Alabama - refused to air the show.

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