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Wilburn Fay 1901 - 1975

Wilburn Fay of Alton, Madison County, Illinois was born on August 23, 1901, and died at age 73 years old in June 1975.
Wilburn Fay
Alton, Madison County, Illinois 62002
August 23, 1901
June 1975
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Wilburn Fay's History: 1901 - 1975

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  • 08/23
    1901

    Birthday

    August 23, 1901
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  • 06/dd
    1975

    Death

    June 1975
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    Wilburn Fay lived 1 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 73.
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In 1901, in the year that Wilburn Fay was born, the first Nobel Prizes were awarded. Chemist and engineer Alfred Nobel, who died in 1896, had provided in his will for prizes in physics, chemistry, and physiology or medicine, who have produced the most distinguished literary work of an idealist tendency, and who have contributed the most toward world peace. The winners in 1901 were: Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen for physics, Jacobus Henricus van't Hoff for chemistry, Emil Adolf von Behring for physiology or medicine, Sully Prudhomme for literature, and Jean Henry Dunant and Frédéric Passy for peace.
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In 1911, at the age of merely 10 years old, Wilburn was alive when the first Indianapolis 500 was run in May. Ray Harroun was the winner - he was an engineer and had retired from racing but he came back for this race. After the race, he retired for good. The purse was $27,550 - the largest offered up to that time - and Harroun received $10,000 for first place. His average time was 74.602 mph.
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