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Thornton Brokaw 1916 - 1960

Thornton Brokaw was born on September 15, 1916, and died at age 43 years old in May 1960. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Thornton Brokaw.

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    Thornton Brokaw lived 33 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 43.
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In 1916, in the year that Thornton Brokaw was born, in June, the U.S. Congress authorized a plan to expand the armed forces over the next five years. Called the National Defense Act of 1916, the national law expanded the National Guard and Army (the Army added an aviation unit), created the Reserves, and gave the President expanded authority to federalize the National Guard. It also allowed the government to stockpile, in advance, materiel to be used in wartime.
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In 1923, he was only 7 years old when the A.C. Nielsen Company was founded in Chicago. It provided an audience measurement system that could provide radio station owners with information on their listeners and the popularity of their shows. Later, the Nielsen company became the basis for the fate of television programs.
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