Willetta Oneal
Updated Jul 14, 2017
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Willetta Oneal (1909 - 2006)

Willetta Oneal was born on August 27, 1909. She died on June 17, 2006 at 96 years of age. We know that Willetta Oneal had been residing in Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona.
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Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona

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Willetta Oneal lived 25 years longer than the average Oneal family member when she died at the age of 96.

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1909 - In the year that Willetta Oneal was born, Polish physician and medical researcher Paul Ehrlich found a cure for syphilis, which was a prevalent (but undiscussed) disease. He found that an arsenic compound completely cured syphilis within 3 weeks.

1926 - At the age of 17 years old, Willetta was alive 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%).

1944 - By the time she was 35 years old, on December 16th, The Battle of the Bulge began in the Ardennes forest on the Western Front. Lasting for a little over a month, the battle began with a surprise attack by Germany on the Allied forces The U.S. suffered their highest casualties of any operation in World War II - 89,000 were casualties, around 8,600 killed - but Germany also severely depleted their resources and they couldn't be replaced.

1971 - She was 62 years old when in March, Congress passed the Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which lowered the voting age to 18 (from 21). It was a response to the criticism that men could fight at 18, but not vote for the policies and politicians who sent them to war. The states quickly ratified the Amendment and it was signed into law on July 1st by President Richard Nixon.

1983 - At the age of 74 years old, Willetta was alive when "crack" cocaine was developed in the Bahamas and spread to the United States. Previously, cocaine had been cut with other substances, diluting it. Crack was 80% pure and therefore was more addictive. It was also cheaper, making it more easily available to low income neighborhoods.

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Willetta Oneal died on June 17, 2006 at 96 years old. There is no known cause of death for Willetta. She was born on August 27, 1909. We have no information about Willetta's immediate family. We know that Willetta Oneal had been residing in Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona.

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