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William Grissom 1918 - 1999

William Grissom of Chattanooga, Hamilton County, TN was born on November 27, 1918, and died at age 80 years old on October 13, 1999.
William Grissom
Chattanooga, Hamilton County, TN 37421
November 27, 1918
October 13, 1999
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William Grissom's History: 1918 - 1999

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  • 11/27
    1918

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    November 27, 1918
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  • 10/13
    1999

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    October 13, 1999
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    William Grissom lived 8 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 80.
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In 1918, in the year that William Grissom was born, following European countries, Daylight Saving Time went into effect in the United States in March. It was an effort to conserve fuel needed to produce electric power. This was a war effort and proved unpopular so in most areas of the United States, Daylight Saving Time ended after World War I. It returned during World War II.
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In 1933, at the age of only 15 years old, William was alive when the day after being inaugurated, the new President, Franklin Roosevelt, declared a four-day bank holiday to stop people from withdrawing their money from shaky banks (the bank run). Within 5 days of his administration, the Emergency Banking Act was passed - reorganizing banks and closing insolvent ones. In his first 100 days, he asked Congress to repeal Prohibition (which they did), signed the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, signed legislation that paid commodity farmers to leave their fields fallow, thus ending surpluses and boosting prices, signed a bill that gave workers the right to unionize and bargain collectively for higher wages and better working conditions as well as suspending some antitrust laws and establishing a federally funded Public Works Administration, and won passage of 12 other major laws that helped the economy.
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