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Robert W Hancher 1920 - 1982

Robert W Hancher of Covington, Tioga County, PA was born on June 29, 1920, and died at age 62 years old in July 1982.
Robert W Hancher
Covington, Tioga County, PA 16917
June 29, 1920
July 1982
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Robert W Hancher's History: 1920 - 1982

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  • 06/29
    1920

    Birthday

    June 29, 1920
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    White, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Tioga County, Pennsylvania United States
  • Early Life & Education

    3 Years Of High School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 13002403 Enlisted: July 30, 1940 in Harrisburg Pennsylvania Military branch: Signal Corps Private Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, And Enlisted Men) Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For Hawaiian Department
  • 07/dd
    1982

    Death

    July 1982
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
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In 1920, in the year that Robert W Hancher was born, on November 2, radio station KDKA began broadcasting in Pittsburgh, PA. This was the first commercial radio broadcast in the United States. Westinghouse, a leading manufacturer of radios and the backer of the station, chose the date because of the Presidential election. People liked it because they could hear about the results of the election between Harding and Cox before the morning papers arrived. Four years later, there were 600 commercial stations broadcasting in the U.S.
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In 1943, Robert was 23 years old when on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.
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