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William S Riley 1896 - 1987

William S Riley of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH was born on November 28, 1896, and died at age 90 years old on October 31, 1987.
William S Riley
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH 45205
November 28, 1896
October 31, 1987
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  • 11/28
    1896

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    November 28, 1896
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  • 10/31
    1987

    Death

    October 31, 1987
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    William S Riley lived 19 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 90.
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In 1896, in the year that William S Riley was born, in April, the first study on global warming due to CO2 - carbon dioxide - in the atmosphere was published by Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius. Arrhenius concluded that human activity due to the Industrial Revolution would amplify CO2 in the atmosphere, causing a greenhouse effect. His conclusions have been extensively tested in the ensuing 100+ years and are still seen to hold true.
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In 1920, at the age of 24 years old, William was alive when on November 2, radio station KDKA began broadcasting in Pittsburgh, PA. This was the first commercial radio broadcast in the United States. Westinghouse, a leading manufacturer of radios and the backer of the station, chose the date because of the Presidential election. People liked it because they could hear about the results of the election between Harding and Cox before the morning papers arrived. Four years later, there were 600 commercial stations broadcasting in the U.S.
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