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Bennie Washington 1905 - 1980

Bennie Washington of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois was born on August 4, 1905, and died at age 75 years old in November 1980.
Bennie Washington
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 60637
August 4, 1905
November 1980
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Bennie Washington's History: 1905 - 1980

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    1905

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    August 4, 1905
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  • 11/dd
    1980

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    November 1980
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    Bennie Washington lived 8 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 75.
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In 1905, in the year that Bennie Washington 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 1918, Bennie was just 13 years old when on November 1, an elevated train on the Brooklyn line of the subway - driven by an inexperienced operator because of a strike - tried to navigate a turn at 30mph. The limit on the curve was 6 mph. The 2nd and 3rd cars of the 5 car wooden train were badly damaged and at least 93 people were killed, making it the deadliest crash in New York subway history.
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