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Franklin Rafter 1905 - 1973

Franklin Rafter of Kitzmiller, Garrett County, Maryland was born on July 4, 1905, and died at age 68 years old in October 1973.
Franklin Rafter
Kitzmiller, Garrett County, Maryland 21538
July 4, 1905
October 1973
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  • 07/4
    1905

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    July 4, 1905
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  • 10/dd
    1973

    Death

    October 1973
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    Cause of death
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    Franklin Rafter lived 5 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 68.
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In 1905, in the year that Franklin Rafter 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, Franklin was just 13 years old when on November 11th, an armistice was signed between the Allies and Germany, ending the fighting on the Western Front in World War I. This meant a complete defeat of Germany although Germany never formally surrendered. It took another six months of negotiations to sign an actual peace treaty between the warring parties.
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