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Robert William Downing 1876 - 1960

Robert William Downing of Melbourne Australia was born in 1876 in Amhe to George Downing and Catherine Walls Downing. He had siblings Alfred Ernest Downing, Arthur Walls Downing, Elsie Maud Downing, Ethel May Downing, and Charles Leonard Downing. Robert Downing died at age 84 years old in 1960 in Melbourne.
Robert William Downing
Melbourne Australia
1876
Amhe, Australia
1960
Melbourne, Australia
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  • 1876

    Birthday

    1876
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    Amhe Australia
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  • 1960

    Death

    1960
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Melbourne Australia
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    Robert William Downing lived 11 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 84.
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In 1876, in the year that Robert William Downing was born, on February 14th, Alexander Graham Bell applied for a patent for the telephone. So did Elisha Gray. A month later, on March 7th, Bell was granted the patent and on the 10th, he made his first successful telephone call - in which he said: "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you."
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In 1926, he was 50 years old when on November 15th, NBC was founded. It was the U.S.'s first major broadcast network. Ownership of the network was split between RCA (a majority partner at 50%), its founding corporate parent General Electric (which owned 30%), and Westinghouse (which owned the remaining 20%).
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