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William Donovan 1887 - 1969

William Donovan of Hartford, Hartford County, CT was born on March 13, 1887, and died at age 82 years old in September 1969.
William Donovan
Hartford, Hartford County, CT 06114
March 13, 1887
September 1969
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    1887

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    March 13, 1887
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  • 09/dd
    1969

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    September 1969
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    William Donovan lived 9 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 82.
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In 1887, in the year that William Donovan was born, on January 20th, the US Senate gave the US Navy the right to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base. Pearl Harbor is on the island of Oahu, a part of the Hawaiian Islands. The Navy was given direction to maintain "a coaling and repair station" at the harbor.
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In 1917, at the age of 30 years old, William was alive when on July 28, between ten and fifteen thousand blacks silently walked down New York City's Fifth Avenue to protest racial discrimination and violence. Lynchings in Waco Texas and hundreds of African-Americans killed in East St. Louis Illinois had sparked the protest. Picket signs said "Mother, do lynchers go to heaven?" "Mr. President, why not make America safe for democracy?" "Thou shalt not kill." "Pray for the Lady Macbeth's of East St. Louis" and "Give us a chance to live."
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