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Wilson Whitaker 1920 - 2007

Wilson Whitaker of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA was born on May 13, 1920, and died at age 87 years old on May 14, 2007.
Wilson Whitaker
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA 19120
May 13, 1920
May 14, 2007
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  • 05/13
    1920

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    May 13, 1920
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  • 05/14
    2007

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    May 14, 2007
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    Wilson Whitaker lived 16 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 87.
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In 1920, in the year that Wilson Whitaker was born, on November 2, radio station KDKA began broadcasting in Pittsburgh, PA. This was the first commercial radio broadcast in the United States. Westinghouse, a leading manufacturer of radios and the backer of the station, chose the date because of the Presidential election. People liked it because they could hear about the results of the election between Harding and Cox before the morning papers arrived. Four years later, there were 600 commercial stations broadcasting in the U.S.
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In 1934, he was merely 14 years old when 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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