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Dorcas Byrd 1907 - 1987

Dorcas Byrd of Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas was born on November 22, 1907, and died at age 79 years old in July 1987.
Dorcas Byrd
Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas 67212
November 22, 1907
July 1987
Female
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    1907

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    November 22, 1907
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  • 07/dd
    1987

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    July 1987
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    Dorcas Byrd lived 9 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 79.
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In 1907, in the year that Dorcas Byrd was born, in October, over a 3 week period, the New York stock exchange fell almost 50% from the previous year's high mark. Public panic ensued and there were runs on banks since the U.S. was in the middle of a recession. J.P. Morgan offered his own fortune to back the banks and he was followed by other financiers. This temporarily shored up the banking system, stopping the immediate panic. All of this led to the creation of the Federal Reserve.
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In 1921, she was only 14 years old when the silent film The Sheik, directed by George Melford and starring Rudolph Valentino and Agnes Ayres (also featuring Adolphe Menjou) debuted on October 21st. Critics weren't enthusiastic but the public loved it - in the first few weeks 125,000 people had seen the movie - and it eventually exceeded $1 million in ticket sales. And Rudolph Valentino, an Italian American, became the heartthrob of a female generation.
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