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Purvis W Douglas 1908 - 1998

Purvis W Douglas of Sour Lake, Hardin County, TX was born on February 29, 1908, and died at age 89 years old on January 5, 1998.
Purvis W Douglas
Sour Lake, Hardin County, TX 77659
February 29, 1908
January 5, 1998
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Purvis W Douglas' History: 1908 - 1998

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  • 02/29
    1908

    Birthday

    February 29, 1908
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  • 01/5
    1998

    Death

    January 5, 1998
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    Purvis W Douglas lived 18 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 89.
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In 1908, in the year that Purvis W Douglas was born, a 7.1 earthquake and the resulting tsunami killed 70,000 to 100,000 people in southern Italy and Sicily. The earthquake, lasting 30 to 40 seconds, occurred in the Strait of Messina which was between the region of Calabria (at the "toe" of Italy) and the island of Sicily and destruction from it occurred in a 186 mile radius. It was the most destructive earthquake ever to hit Europe.
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In 1933, by the time this person was 25 years old, the day after being inaugurated, the new President, Franklin Roosevelt, declared a four-day bank holiday to stop people from withdrawing their money from shaky banks (the bank run). Within 5 days of his administration, the Emergency Banking Act was passed - reorganizing banks and closing insolvent ones. In his first 100 days, he asked Congress to repeal Prohibition (which they did), signed the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, signed legislation that paid commodity farmers to leave their fields fallow, thus ending surpluses and boosting prices, signed a bill that gave workers the right to unionize and bargain collectively for higher wages and better working conditions as well as suspending some antitrust laws and establishing a federally funded Public Works Administration, and won passage of 12 other major laws that helped the economy.
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