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Alva Nelson 1905 - 1983

Alva Nelson of Beaver Dam, Ohio County, Kentucky was born on July 28, 1905, and died at age 78 years old in September 1983.
Alva Nelson
Beaver Dam, Ohio County, Kentucky 42320
July 28, 1905
September 1983
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  • 07/28
    1905

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    July 28, 1905
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  • 09/dd
    1983

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    September 1983
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    Alva Nelson lived 5 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 78.
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In 1905, in the year that Alva Nelson was born, the first movie theater opened in the United States in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was the first theater to show nothing but movies - silent films. Two men, John P. Harris and his brother-in-law Harry Davis, opened the Nickelodeon on Smithfield Street - charging 5 cents for admission. The first day, 450 people watched movies at the new theater - on the second day, more than 1500 people stood in line to get in.
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In 1926, Alva was 21 years old when on October 31st, Harry Houdini died in Michigan. Houdini was the most famed magician of his time and perhaps of all time, especially for his acts involving escapes - from handcuffs, straitjackets, chains, ropes slung from skyscrapers, and more. He was president of the Society of American Magicians and stringently upheld professional ethics. He died of complications from a ruptured appendix. Although he had received a blow to the area a couple of days previously, the connection between the blow and his appendicitis is disputed.
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