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William Turner 1879 - 1973

William Turner of West Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa was born on October 18, 1879, and died at age 93 years old in July 1973.
William Turner
West Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa 50265
October 18, 1879
July 1973
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    1879

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    October 18, 1879
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  • 07/dd
    1973

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    July 1973
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In 1879, in the year that William Turner was born, on October 22nd, Thomas Edison tested the first practical electric light bulb. Lasting 13½ hours before burning out, it used a "a carbon filament or strip coiled and connected to platina contact wires". He applied for a patent on November 4th, receiving the patent in January 1880.
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In 1898, when he was 19 years old, on February 15th, the USS Maine exploded and sank in Havana harbor. The reason for the explosion has never been found, but it killed 266 men. "Remember the Maine" became a rallying cry and precipitated the United States' declaration of war on Spain two months later - the beginning of the Spanish-American War. On December 10th, the war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. The Treaty gave the U.S. Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Guam - for $20 million - and, temporarily, Cuba.
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