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William R King 1933 - 2001

William R King of Waukegan, Lake County, IL was born on December 28, 1933, and died at age 67 years old on October 11, 2001.
William R King
Waukegan, Lake County, IL 60087
December 28, 1933
October 11, 2001
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William R King's History: 1933 - 2001

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  • 12/28
    1933

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    December 28, 1933
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  • 10/11
    2001

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    October 11, 2001
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    William R King lived 5 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 67.
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In 1933, in the year that William R King was born, 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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In 1945, at the age of only 12 years old, William was alive when on June 22nd, the Battle of Okinawa ended. A joint Army and Marine campaign, supported by the Navy, the Battle of Okinawa went on for 82 days. The last Japanese resistance on Okinawa was defeated. 4,907 Navy, 4,675 Army, and 2,938 Marine Corps personnel were killed in the battle on the US side. It is estimated that 110,071 on the Japanese side were killed - the estimate includes Okinawan citizens who were pressed into service and includes children. With the win of Okinawa, the United States gained an important base of operations in the Pacific.
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