In loving memory
Augustus M. Prestifilippo
October 27, 1914 – January 20, 2000
Lived 85 years
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1914
Born October 27
1918
Augustus was 4 when the Armistice ended World War I
1920
Augustus was 6 when Prohibition began
1939
Augustus was 25 when "Gone with the Wind" premiered in Atlanta
1942
Augustus was 28 when Bing Crosby recorded "White Christmas"
1954
Augustus was 40 when the Supreme Court struck down school segregation
1969
Augustus was 55 when "Sesame Street" debuted
1976
Augustus was 62 when America celebrated its Bicentennial
1981
Augustus was 67 when MTV began broadcasting
1998
Augustus was 84 when Google was founded
2000
Passed away January 20, age 85
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