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James Thompson 1896 - 1987

James Thompson of Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi was born on August 13, 1896, and died at age 90 years old in January 1987.
James Thompson
Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi 38701
August 13, 1896
January 1987
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  • 08/13
    1896

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    August 13, 1896
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  • 01/dd
    1987

    Death

    January 1987
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    James Thompson lived 18 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 90.
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In 1896, in the year that James Thompson was born, in April, the first study on global warming due to CO2 - carbon dioxide - in the atmosphere was published by Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius. Arrhenius concluded that human activity due to the Industrial Revolution would amplify CO2 in the atmosphere, causing a greenhouse effect. His conclusions have been extensively tested in the ensuing 100+ years and are still seen to hold true.
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In 1934, at the age of 38 years old, James was alive when on July 22nd, gangster John Dillinger was killed in Chicago. His gang had robbed banks and police stations, among other charges, and he was being hunted by J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI - although many in the public saw him as a "Robin Hood". A madam from a brothel in which he was hiding became an informer for the FBI and, after a shootout with FBI agents, Dillinger was shot and died.
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