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Robert B Wyly (1947 - 1998)

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Robert B Wyly
1947 - 1998
Born
April 13, 1947
Death
November 3, 1998
Last Known Residence
West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania 19380
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Robert B Wyly of West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania was born on April 13, 1947, and died at age 51 years old on November 3, 1998.
Updated: October 6, 2011
Biography ID: 22602796

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Robert Wyly passed away at age 51 years old on November 3, 1998. Robert B Wyly of West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania was born on April 13, 1947.

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Robert B Wyly lived 24 years shorter than the average Wyly family member when he died at the age of 51.
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1947 - 1998 World Events

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In 1947, in the year that Robert B Wyly was born, on November 25th, the Hollywood "Black List" was created by the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). Ten Hollywood writers and directors had refused to testify to the Committee regarding "Communists" or "Reds" in the movie industry. The next day, the blacklist was created and they were fired.

In 1954, by the time he was just 7 years old, on May 17th, the Supreme Court released a decision on Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. The ruling stated that state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students was unconstitutional thus paving the way for integration in schools.

In 1963, at the age of 16 years old, Robert was alive when on November 22nd, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson became the 36th President of the United States when President John Kennedy was shot and killed in Dallas, Texas. Johnson was sworn in on the plane carrying Kennedy's body back to Washington D.C.

In 1973, when he was 26 years old, in October, Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned - President Nixon nominated Gerald Ford for Vice President. Nixon's tax returns came under investigation. Nixon offered the recently discovered Oval Office tapes be heard by one person and summarized - his offer was rejected by the Special Prosecutor. Nixon ordered the Attorney General, then the assistant Attorney General, to fire the Special Prosecutor. Both refused and were fired. The Solicitor General became the acting Attorney General and fired the Special Prosecutor (the Saturday Night Massacre). Nixon releases some of the tapes, under extreme pressure because of the firings.

In 1998, in the year of Robert B Wyly's passing, on December 19th, the House of Representatives initiated impeachment charges against U.S. President Bill Clinton. He was subsequently acquitted of these charges by the Senate on February 12th.

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