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Willie Brooks 1889 - 1965

Willie Brooks of Illinois was born on February 2, 1889, and died at age 76 years old in May 1965.
Willie Brooks
Illinois
February 2, 1889
May 1965
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Willie Brooks' History: 1889 - 1965

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    1889

    Birthday

    February 2, 1889
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  • 05/dd
    1965

    Death

    May 1965
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Willie Brooks lived 5 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 76.
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In 1889, in the year that Willie Brooks was born, on May 31st, the South Fork Dam collapsed. Located in western Pennsylvania, the dam failed - sending more than 20 million tons of water into the towns below it. The flood killed more than 2,200 people in and around Johnstown. The newly formed Red Cross responded to the disaster.
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In 1911, he was 22 years old when the United States Supreme Court broke up Standard Oil in May. John D. Rockefeller established Standard Oil in 1870 and it was the largest oil refinery at the time. The Supreme Court found that Standard Oil of New Jersey (one of the many iterations of Standard Oil) was guilty of "monopolizing the petroleum industry through a series of abusive and anticompetitive actions". The Court broke up the several entities that comprised Standard Oil and they eventually became competing firms.
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