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William Donovan 1917 - 1979

William Donovan was born on January 26, 1917, and died at age 62 years old in September 1979. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember William Donovan.
William Donovan
January 26, 1917
September 1979
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  • 01/26
    1917

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    January 26, 1917
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  • 09/dd
    1979

    Death

    September 1979
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    William Donovan lived 11 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 62.
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In 1917, in the year that William Donovan was born, Russian government offices were seized and the Romanov's Winter Palace was stormed in the Russian February and October Revolutions. The February revolution resulted in the abdication of Tsar Nicholas and a coalition of the Parliament and workers parties taking control of the government. The October revolution resulted in Lenin and the Bolsheviks taking complete control.
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In 1922, he was merely 5 years old when on James Joyce's 40th birthday, his book Ulysses was published in France. The book covers the experiences of an Irishman in Dublin on an ordinary day, 16 June 1904. Now considered a classic, it was controversial at the time. Due to some sexual content, the book was banned in the U.S. during the 1920's and the U.S. Post Office destroyed 500 copies of the novel.
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