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Edith Newcomb 1890 - 1965

Edith Newcomb of New York was born on May 16, 1890, and died at age 75 years old in December 1965.
Edith Newcomb
New York
May 16, 1890
December 1965
Female
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  • 05/16
    1890

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    May 16, 1890
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  • 12/dd
    1965

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    December 1965
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    Edith Newcomb lived 2 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 75.
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In 1890, in the year that Edith Newcomb was born, on December 29th, the Wounded Knee Massacre occurred in South Dakota on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation . The U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment said that they rode into the Lakota camp "trying to disarm" the inhabitants. One person, Black Coyote - who was deaf - held onto his rifle, saying that he paid a lot of money for it. Shots rang out and by the end at least 153 Lakota Sioux - some estimates say 300 - and 25 troops had died. The site of the massacre is a National Historic Landmark.
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In 1904, at the age of just 14 years old, Edith was alive when the Russo-Japanese war began. The Russian Empire and the Japanese Empire began fighting over the territories of Manchuria and Korea. Russia wanted a warm water port on the Pacific Ocean while Japan feared growing encroachment from Russia into Asia. So the Japan fleet launched a surprise attack on the Russian Navy and a one year war began. President Roosevelt of the United States brokered peace between the two nations. It was the first time in the modern era that an Asian power showed its dominance over a European power.
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