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William Samuel Frank Anscombe 1897 - 1976

William Samuel Frank Anscombe of South Melbourne, Port Phillip City County, VIC Australia was born on April 26, 1897 in South Melbourne to Mary Ann (Hill) Anscombe and Samuel Ernest Anscombe. He had siblings Mary Ellen (Anscombe) Copp, Louisa Clara Anscombe, Agnes Rose Elizabeth Anscombe, Allen Walter Anscombe, and Ernest Arthur Anscombe. William Anscombe married Edith Martha Stringer in 1921, and died at age 79 years old on November 11, 1976.
William Samuel Frank Anscombe
South Melbourne, Port Phillip City County, VIC 3205, Australia
April 26, 1897
South Melbourne, Port Phillip City County, VIC, 3205, Australia
November 11, 1976
VIC, Australia
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  • 04/26
    1897

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    April 26, 1897
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    South Melbourne, Port Phillip City County, VIC 3205, Australia
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  • 11/11
    1976

    Death

    November 11, 1976
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
    VIC Australia
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In 1897, in the year that William Samuel Frank Anscombe was born, on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".
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In 1938, William was 41 years old when on October 30th, a Sunday, The Mercury Theatre on the Air broadcast Orson Welles' special Halloween show The War of the World's. A clever take on H.G. Wells' novel, the show began with simulated "breaking news" of an invasion by Martians. Because of the realistic nature of the "news," there was a public outcry the next day, calling for regulation by the FCC. Although the current story is that many were fooled and panicked, in reality very few people were fooled. But the show made Orson Welles' career.
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