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Francis Davis 1905 - 1968

Francis Davis of Saint Louis, Saint Louis City County, Missouri was born on February 20, 1905, and died at age 63 years old in August 1968.
Francis Davis
Saint Louis, Saint Louis City County, Missouri 63107
February 20, 1905
August 1968
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    1905

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    February 20, 1905
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  • 08/dd
    1968

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    August 1968
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    Francis Davis lived 8 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 63.
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In 1905, in the year that Francis Davis 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 1924, Francis was 19 years old when in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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