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Rupert Read 1887 - 1966

Rupert Read of Akron, Summit County, Ohio was born on May 20, 1887, and died at age 79 years old in May 1966.
Rupert Read
Akron, Summit County, Ohio 44314
May 20, 1887
May 1966
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Rupert Read's History: 1887 - 1966

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    1887

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    May 20, 1887
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  • 05/dd
    1966

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    May 1966
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    Rupert Read lived 3 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 78.
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In 1887, in the year that Rupert Read was born, on July 1st, the assembly for the supports of the Eiffel Tower began . A wrought iron lattice tower, it was designed and built by Gustave Eiffel - who also contributed to the building of the Statue of Liberty. There are 18,000 pieces in the Eiffel Tower - which had to be built separately and then assembled in place - with rivets - to complete the Tower.
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In 1911, he was 24 years old when 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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