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Ray W Thurwanger 1911 - 1992

Ray W Thurwanger of Pekin, Tazewell County, IL was born on May 17, 1911, and died at age 80 years old on February 22, 1992.
Ray W Thurwanger
Pekin, Tazewell County, IL 61554
May 17, 1911
February 22, 1992
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Ray W Thurwanger's History: 1911 - 1992

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  • 05/17
    1911

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    May 17, 1911
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  • 02/22
    1992

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    February 22, 1992
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    Ray W Thurwanger lived 8 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 80.
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In 1911, in the year that Ray W Thurwanger 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 1928, Ray was 17 years old when aviatrix Amelia Earhart, age 31, became the first woman to fly solo across North America and back in August. In June, she had been part of a 3 man crew that flew the Atlantic Ocean but since she had no instrument training, she couldn't fly the plane - she kept the flight log. The North American flight became one of her many "firsts" as a female pilot.
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