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Ray Bessmer 1911 - 1987

Ray Bessmer of Palos Hills, Cook County, Illinois was born on April 28, 1911, and died at age 76 years old in July 1987.
Ray Bessmer
Palos Hills, Cook County, Illinois 60465
April 28, 1911
July 1987
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Ray Bessmer's History: 1911 - 1987

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  • 04/28
    1911

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    April 28, 1911
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  • 07/dd
    1987

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    July 1987
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    Ray Bessmer lived exactly as long as the average family member when died at the age of 76.
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In 1911, in the year that Ray Bessmer was born, 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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In 1926, by the time he was just 15 years old, on November 15th, NBC was founded. It was the U.S.'s first major broadcast network. Ownership of the network was split between RCA (a majority partner at 50%), its founding corporate parent General Electric (which owned 30%), and Westinghouse (which owned the remaining 20%).
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