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Sylvanus Cook 1906 - 1978

Sylvanus Cook of Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky was born on March 4, 1906, and died at age 72 years old in October 1978.
Sylvanus Cook
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky 40202
March 4, 1906
October 1978
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  • 03/4
    1906

    Birthday

    March 4, 1906
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Negro, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Jefferson County, Kentucky United States
  • Early Life & Education

    Grammar School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 35241704 Enlisted: January 18, 1944 in Ft Benjamin Harrison Indiana Military branch: No Branch Assignment Rank: Private, Selectees (enlisted Men) Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For The Duration Of The War Or Other Emergency, Plus Six Months, Subject To The Discretion Of The President Or Otherwise According To Law
  • Professional Career

    Cooks, Except Private Family
  • 10/dd
    1978

    Death

    October 1978
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
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In 1906, in the year that Sylvanus Cook was born, President Theodore Roosevelt received the Nobel Prize for Peace. The award was considered controversial at the time because many thought that he was an imperialist. But he had brokered peace between Russia and Japan a year previous and had allowed a dispute between Mexico and the U.S. to go to arbitration, resolving the issue peacefully rather than resorting to military conflict. For these two reasons, the Nobel Prize committee chose him for the Peace Prize.
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In 1926, by the time this person was 20 years old, 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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