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Willie L Thornton 1920 - 2006

Willie L Thornton of Montgomery, Montgomery County, AL was born on January 18, 1920, and died at age 86 years old on May 26, 2006.
Willie L Thornton
Montgomery, Montgomery County, AL 36109
January 18, 1920
May 26, 2006
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  • 01/18
    1920

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    January 18, 1920
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  • 05/26
    2006

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    May 26, 2006
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    Willie L Thornton lived 15 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 86.
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In 1920, in the year that Willie L Thornton was born, the Volstead Act became law. Formally called the National Prohibition Act, the Volstead Act enabled law enforcement agencies to carry out the 18th Amendment. It said that "no person shall manufacture, sell, barter, transport, import, export, deliver, or furnish any intoxicating liquor except as authorized by this act" and defined intoxicating liquor as any beverage containing more than 0.5% alcohol by volume.
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In 1934, by the time he was only 14 years old, on June 6th, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was formed as a response to the stock market crash of 1929 and the continuing Great Depression. Previously, the states regulated the offering and sales of stocks - called "blue sky" laws. They were largely ineffective. Roosevelt created a group (one member was Joseph Kennedy, father of the future President Kennedy) who knew Wall Street well and they defined the mission and operating mode for the SEC. The new organization had broad and stringent rules and oversight and restored public confidence in the stock market in the United States.
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