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Harry Shenkman 1901 - 1956

Harry Shenkman was born on April 30, 1901, and died at age 55 years old in November 1956. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Harry Shenkman.
Harry Shenkman
April 30, 1901
November 1956
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    1901

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    April 30, 1901
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  • 11/dd
    1956

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    November 1956
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    Harry Shenkman lived 23 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 55.
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In 1901, in the year that Harry Shenkman was born, the first Nobel Prizes were awarded. Chemist and engineer Alfred Nobel, who died in 1896, had provided in his will for prizes in physics, chemistry, and physiology or medicine, who have produced the most distinguished literary work of an idealist tendency, and who have contributed the most toward world peace. The winners in 1901 were: Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen for physics, Jacobus Henricus van't Hoff for chemistry, Emil Adolf von Behring for physiology or medicine, Sully Prudhomme for literature, and Jean Henry Dunant and Frédéric Passy for peace.
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In 1912, Harry was only 11 years old when in October, former President Theodore Roosevelt was shot, but not killed, while campaigning for another term as President with the newly created Bull Moose (Progressive) Party. John Schrank was a Bavarian-born saloon-keeper from New York who had been stalking Roosevelt when he shot him just before a campaign speech. Shot in the chest (and showing the audience his bloody shirt), Roosevelt went on to give a 55 to 90 minute talk (reports vary on the length) before being treated for the injury. After 8 days in the hospital, Roosevelt went back on the campaign trail.
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