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Chester Rankin 1905 - 1988

Chester Rankin of Lacona, Warren County, Iowa was born on November 3, 1905, and died at age 82 years old in January 1988.
Chester Rankin
Lacona, Warren County, Iowa 50139
November 3, 1905
January 1988
Male
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Chester Rankin's History: 1905 - 1988

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  • 11/3
    1905

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    November 3, 1905
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  • 01/dd
    1988

    Death

    January 1988
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    Chester Rankin lived 8 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 82.
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In 1905, in the year that Chester Rankin 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 1917, he was just 12 years old when in April, the U.S. entered World War I, declaring war against Germany. President Wilson had previously declared neutrality in the war - a position supported by the majority of Americans - but after Germany declared that they would sink all ships trading with Great Britain and sunk U.S. ships, public opinion began to change. Then the Lusitania was sunk, killing 1,201 - including 128 Americans - and more U.S. ships were sunk. The U.S. could stand aside no longer.
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