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John Williams was born in Floral Park, New York. He grew up in Queens, New York.
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The USA reaches its peak of the Great depression, 13-15 million Americans were unemployed at this time.
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World War ll began and lasted 6 years and 1 day. This war involved the vast majority of the Worlds Nations
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World War ll finally comes to an end. Resulting in over 60 million people lost, which is over 2.5 % of the wold population.
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John graduated from North Hollywood High school, he later attened the University of Califfornia and studied privately with an Itlian composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.
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Williams was then drafted into the US Air Force, where he conducted and arranged music for the US Air Force Band.
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Williams was married to the actress Barbara Ruick from 1956, to March 1st, 1974 due to her death.
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The Wheel Of Fortune first premieres on NBC!
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In 1975 John WIlliams won his second Oscar (Academy Award) for his music featured in the movie Jaws!
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In 1977 Williams won his 3rd Oscar for his music in the movie Star Wars!