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William R Buchanan 1920 - 2007

William R Buchanan of Rutherfordton, Rutherford County, NC was born on March 17, 1920, and died at age 87 years old on April 27, 2007.
William R Buchanan
Rutherfordton, Rutherford County, NC 28139
March 17, 1920
April 27, 2007
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  • 03/17
    1920

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    March 17, 1920
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  • 04/27
    2007

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    April 27, 2007
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    William R Buchanan lived 15 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 87.
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In 1920, in the year that William R Buchanan was born, speakeasies replaced saloons as the center of social activity. After the 18th Amendment was ratified and selling alcohol became illegal, saloons closed and speakeasies took their place. Speakeasies, also called a blind pig or blind tiger, were "so called because of the practice of speaking quietly about such a place in public, or when inside it, so as not to alert the police or neighbors". There were a lot of them and they were very popular. And where saloons often prohibited women, they were encouraged at speakeasies because of the added profits.
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In 1942, he was 22 years old when on November 28th at 10:15p, a nightclub in Boston, the Cocoanut Grove, caught fire. The origins of the fire are unknown but it killed 492 people - the deadliest nightclub fire in U.S. history. Hundreds more were injured. The disaster was so shocking that it replaced World War II in the headlines and lead to reforms in safety standards and codes.
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