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Events on Thursday 6 January 1944 1
1857 – 1944Ida Tarbell (1857-1944)Died 6 January 1944, aged 86American investigative journalist and a leading muckraker. Her series The History of the Standard Oil Company helped bring about the 1911 break-up of John D. Rockefeller's monopoly. She also wrote widely read biographies of Abraham Lincoln.