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Tom Petty 1896 - 1973

Tom Petty of Savannah, Hardin County, TN was born on October 20, 1896, and died at age 76 years old on June 15, 1973.
Tom Petty
Savannah, Hardin County, TN 38372
October 20, 1896
June 15, 1973
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    1896

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    October 20, 1896
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    1973

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    June 15, 1973
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    Tom Petty lived 5 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 76.
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In 1896, in the year that Tom Petty was born, on August 17th, the first pedestrian v car fatality occurred in Great Britain. Bridget Driscoll, age 44, was walking with her family on the grounds of The Crystal Palace in London when she was hit by a car driven by Arthur James Edsall. Edsall claimed to be going 4.5 mph and Driscoll's death was ruled an "accidental death" after an inquest.
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In 1906, by the time he was just 10 years old, author Upton Sinclair exposed the public-health threat of the meat-packing industry in his book The Jungle. While his intent was to show the lives of exploited lives of immigrants in Chicago and other industrialized cities, most people were horrified by how the meat that ended up on their tables was handled. There was such an outcry that legislation was passed to regulate meat packing. Sinclair said " "I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach."
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