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Wilbur Porter 1895 - 1979

Wilbur Porter of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio was born on November 20, 1895, and died at age 83 years old in March 1979.
Wilbur Porter
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio 44124
November 20, 1895
March 1979
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    1895

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    November 20, 1895
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    1979

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    March 1979
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    Wilbur Porter lived 11 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 83.
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In 1895, in the year that Wilbur Porter was born, on March 15th, in County Tipperary, Ireland, Michael Cleary killed his wife of 8 years, Bridget, and burned her body. His defense was that his "wife" was a changeling that was left in his real wife's place when she was abducted by fairies. He was nonetheless convicted and imprisoned for manslaughter. He spent 15 years in prison.
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In 1920, he was 25 years old when on November 2, radio station KDKA began broadcasting in Pittsburgh, PA. This was the first commercial radio broadcast in the United States. Westinghouse, a leading manufacturer of radios and the backer of the station, chose the date because of the Presidential election. People liked it because they could hear about the results of the election between Harding and Cox before the morning papers arrived. Four years later, there were 600 commercial stations broadcasting in the U.S.
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