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William A Danforth 1894 - 1970

William A Danforth of Cumberland Center, Cumberland County, ME was born on January 12, 1894, and died at age 76 years old on June 29, 1970.
William A Danforth
Cumberland Center, Cumberland County, ME 04021
January 12, 1894
June 29, 1970
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    1894

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    January 12, 1894
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  • 06/29
    1970

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    June 29, 1970
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    William A Danforth lived 2 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 76.
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In 1894, in the year that William A Danforth was born, large reserves of oil were discovered on the Osage Indian reservation in Oklahoma. Previously thought to be "useless" land - not even good for farming - the tribe had bought the land themselves. The discovery of oil made the Osage the "richest group of people in the world" at the time.
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In 1920, he was 26 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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