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William Waterman Wells 1916 - 1979

William Waterman Wells of Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina was born on February 17, 1916, and died at age 63 years old on May 1, 1979. William Wells was buried at Wilmington National Cemetery Section 4 Site 1484-A 2011 Market Street, in Wilmington.
William Waterman Wells
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina 28403
February 17, 1916
May 1, 1979
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  • 02/17
    1916

    Birthday

    February 17, 1916
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    Unknown
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Navy, Us Navy Rank attained: LTCDR Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii, Korea
  • 05/1
    1979

    Death

    May 1, 1979
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Wilmington National Cemetery Section 4 Site 1484-A 2011 Market Street, in Wilmington, Nc 28403
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In 1916, in the year that William Waterman Wells was born, suffragette Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman elected to the House of Representatives as a Representative at large from Montana. She was the first woman to hold an elected Federal office. Holding the office for two years, she ran again in 1940 and served another two year term. Montana had granted women unrestricted voting rights in 1914, 6 years before women got the vote nationally.
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In 1939, he was 23 years old when in May, Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first full-length animated film, reached a total international gross of $6.5 million which made it (to then) the most successful sound film of all time. First released in December 1937, it was originally dubbed "Disney's Folly" but the premiere received a standing ovation from the audience. At the 11th Academy Awards in February 1939, Walt Disney won an Academy Honorary Award - a full-size Oscar statuette and seven miniature ones - for Snow White.
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