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Benjamin Sweetland 1888 - 1963

Benjamin Sweetland of California was born on June 30, 1888, and died at age 74 years old in May 1963.
Benjamin Sweetland
California
June 30, 1888
May 1963
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Benjamin Sweetland's History: 1888 - 1963

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  • 06/30
    1888

    Birthday

    June 30, 1888
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  • 05/dd
    1963

    Death

    May 1963
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    Benjamin Sweetland lived exactly as long as the average family member when died at the age of 74.
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In 1888, in the year that Benjamin Sweetland was born, on August 7th, the body of a prostitute was found in the Whitechapel section of London. Martha Tabram had been stabbed 39 times - a possible but not confirmed victim of Jack the Ripper. On August 31st, the body of Mary Ann Nichols was found - stabbed and mutilated. On September 8th, the body of Annie Chapman was found - throat slit and disemboweled. On September 30th, Elizabeth Stride, also a prostitute in Whitechapel, was found dead from a slit throat. Within an hour, another body was discovered - Catherine Eddowes'. She was far more savagely murdered and it is thought that the Ripper had more time with her. Then, on November 9th, the body of prostitute Mary Jane Kelly was found in a boarding room in Whitechapel. Considered to be the probable fifth, and last, of Jack the Ripper's victims, Kelly's was the most savage of his murders.
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In 1901, Benjamin was just 13 years old when Teddy Roosevelt became the 26th President of the United States. TR, as he was known, had been Vice-President for 6 months when President William McKinley was assassinated. At age 42, he became the youngest President to serve although John Kennedy, at age 43, was the youngest President elected. He was a popular progressive and was elected to a second term in 1904 as a Republican, winning 56.4% of the popular vote and 336 electoral votes.
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