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Wilbert Gillis 1923 - 1978

Wilbert Gillis of Norfolk, Norfolk City County, Virginia was born on March 24, 1923, and died at age 55 years old in September 1978.
Wilbert Gillis
Norfolk, Norfolk City County, Virginia 23504
March 24, 1923
September 1978
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  • 03/24
    1923

    Birthday

    March 24, 1923
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  • 09/dd
    1978

    Death

    September 1978
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    Wilbert Gillis lived 18 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 55.
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In 1923, in the year that Wilbert Gillis was born, Harlem's Cotton Club opened in New York City. Owned by a bootlegger and gangster, it was a 700 seat speakeasy that catered to a "white only" clientele. But most of the entertainers were African-American and featured some of the best entertainers of the time such as Lena Horne, the Nicholas Brothers, Ethel Waters, and Cab Calloway.
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In 1933, by the time he was only 10 years old, on December 5th, the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified. The 21st Amendment said "The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed." Alcohol was legal again! It was the only amendment to the Constitution approved for the explicit purpose of repealing a previously existing amendment. South Carolina was the only state to reject the Amendment.
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