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Irene Gittings 1898 - 1973

Irene Gittings of Easton, Northampton County, PA was born on December 23, 1898, and died at age 74 years old in November 1973.
Irene Gittings
Easton, Northampton County, PA 18042
December 23, 1898
November 1973
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Irene Gittings' History: 1898 - 1973

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  • 12/23
    1898

    Birthday

    December 23, 1898
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  • 11/dd
    1973

    Death

    November 1973
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    Cause of death
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    Irene Gittings lived 1 year longer than the average family member when died at the age of 74.
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In 1898, in the year that Irene Gittings was born, 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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In 1911, when she was merely 13 years old, 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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