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Robert Charles Sutherland Speed 1911 - 1998

Robert Charles Sutherland Speed of Yarram, Wellington Shire County, VIC Australia was born on May 6, 1911 in Won Wron to Isabella Mckenzie Speed and George Daniel Speed. He had siblings George Daniel Speed, Lillian Weston Speed, Henry Mckenzie Speed, Thomas Edward James Speed, and Clarence William Speed. Robert Speed died at age 87 years old on December 19, 1998 in Yarram.
Robert Charles Sutherland Speed
Yarram, Wellington Shire County, VIC 3971, Australia
May 6, 1911
Won Wron, Wellington Shire County, VIC, 3971, Australia
December 19, 1998
Yarram, Wellington Shire County, VIC, 3971, Australia
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  • 05/6
    1911

    Birthday

    May 6, 1911
    Birthdate
    Won Wron, Wellington Shire County, VIC 3971, Australia
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  • 12/19
    1998

    Death

    December 19, 1998
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Yarram, Wellington Shire County, VIC 3971, Australia
    Death location
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    Robert Charles Sutherland Speed lived 16 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 87.
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In 1911, in the year that Robert Charles Sutherland Speed was born, the United States Supreme Court broke up Standard Oil in May. John D. Rockefeller established Standard Oil in 1870 and it was the largest oil refinery at the time. The Supreme Court found that Standard Oil of New Jersey (one of the many iterations of Standard Oil) was guilty of "monopolizing the petroleum industry through a series of abusive and anticompetitive actions". The Court broke up the several entities that comprised Standard Oil and they eventually became competing firms.
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In 1921, Robert was merely 10 years old when the silent film The Sheik, directed by George Melford and starring Rudolph Valentino and Agnes Ayres (also featuring Adolphe Menjou) debuted on October 21st. Critics weren't enthusiastic but the public loved it - in the first few weeks 125,000 people had seen the movie - and it eventually exceeded $1 million in ticket sales. And Rudolph Valentino, an Italian American, became the heartthrob of a female generation.
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