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John Albert James Govan 1906 - 1986

John Albert James Govan of Ballarat, City of Ballarat County, VIC Australia was born in 1906 in Ballarat to Caroline Julia (James) Govan and Albert James Govan. He had siblings Caroline Rippingall Govan and Robert Leonard Govan. John Govan married Dorothy Martin in 1926, and died at age 80 years old on December 31, 1986 in Ballarat.
John Albert James Govan
Ballarat, City of Ballarat County, VIC Australia
1906
Ballarat, City of Ballarat County, VIC, Australia
December 31, 1986
Ballarat, City of Ballarat County, VIC, Australia
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  • 1906

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    1906
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    Ballarat, City of Ballarat County, VIC Australia
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    1986

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    December 31, 1986
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    Unknown
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    Ballarat, City of Ballarat County, VIC Australia
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    John Albert James Govan lived 12 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 80.
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In 1906, in the year that John Albert James Govan was born, author Upton Sinclair exposed the public-health threat of the meat-packing industry in his book The Jungle. While his intent was to show the lives of exploited lives of immigrants in Chicago and other industrialized cities, most people were horrified by how the meat that ended up on their tables was handled. There was such an outcry that legislation was passed to regulate meat packing. Sinclair said " "I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach."
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In 1947, when he was 41 years old, on April 15th, Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers, playing first base. He was the first black man to play in the Major Leagues. Since the 1880's, professional baseball had been segregated and blacks played in the "Negro leagues". He went on to play for 10 years.
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