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Ben Knight 1909 - 1981

Ben Knight of Pearl, Rankin County, Mississippi was born on August 22, 1909, and died at age 71 years old in May 1981.
Ben Knight
Pearl, Rankin County, Mississippi 39208
August 22, 1909
May 1981
Male
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Ben Knight's History: 1909 - 1981

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  • 08/22
    1909

    Birthday

    August 22, 1909
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Negro, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Rankin County, Mississippi United States
  • Early Life & Education

    Grammar School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 34483596 Enlisted: November 27, 1942 in Cp Shelby Mississippi Military branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, Usa Rank: Private, Selectees (enlisted Men) Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For The Duration Of The War Or Other Emergency, Plus Six Months, Subject To The Discretion Of The President Or Otherwise According To Law
  • Professional Career

    Unskilled Construction Occupations, N.e.c.
  • 05/dd
    1981

    Death

    May 1981
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
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In 1909, in the year that Ben Knight was born, the New York Times published the first movie review. It was a report on D.W. Griffith's movie "Pippa Passes" also called "The Song of Conscience", a silent film. The review said that this work was moving away from "lurid material that attracted the wrath of censors and concerned citizens and toward more respectable ends. The movie was the story of a young female factory worker, on her day off, wandering and singing - thus changing the hearts of those around her towards good.
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In 1914, at the age of merely 5 years old, Ben was alive when in August, the world's first red and green traffic lights were installed at the corner of East 105th Street and Euclid Avenue in Cleveland Ohio. The electric traffic light had been invented by a policeman in Salt Lake City Utah in 1912.
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