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William J Austin 1916 - 1996

William J Austin of Laingsburg, Shiawassee County, MI was born on April 20, 1916, and died at age 79 years old in February 1996.
William J Austin
Laingsburg, Shiawassee County, MI 48848
April 20, 1916
February 1996
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  • 04/20
    1916

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    April 20, 1916
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  • 02/dd
    1996

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    February 1996
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    William J Austin lived 7 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 79.
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In 1916, in the year that William J Austin was born, the Battle of Verdun was fought from February through December. It was the largest and longest battle of World War I, lasting 303 days. The original estimates were 714,231 casualties - 377,231 French and 337,000 German, an average of 70,000 casualties a month. Current estimates are even larger. The Battle of the Somme was also fought from July through September of the same year. Original estimates were 485,000 British and French casualties and 630,000 German casualties.
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In 1925, he was merely 9 years old when in July, the Scopes Trial - often called the Scopes Monkey Trial - took place, prosecuting a substitute teacher for teaching evolution in school. Tennessee had enacted a law that said it was "unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school". William Jennings Bryan headed the prosecution and Clarence Darrow headed the defense. The teacher was found guilty and fined $100. An appeal to the Supreme Court of Tennessee upheld the law but overturned the guilty verdict.
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