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Jesse Owens 1912 - 1967

Jesse Owens of Roanoke Rapids, Halifax County, North Carolina was born on January 2, 1912, and died at age 55 years old in February 1967.
Jesse Owens
Roanoke Rapids, Halifax County, North Carolina 27870
January 2, 1912
February 1967
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Jesse Owens' History: 1912 - 1967

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    1967

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    February 1967
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    Jesse Owens lived 15 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 55.
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In 1912, in the year that Jesse Owens was born, Arizona was admitted to the United States in February (on Valentine's Day). It became the 48th state in the Union. Previously a Spanish - then Mexican - territory, the U.S. paid $15 million dollars for the area in 1848. Arizona was the last of the contiguous states to be admitted to the United States.
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In 1921, at the age of merely 9 years old, Jesse was alive when hugely popular Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, silent film star, was arrested for rape and manslaughter after an actress died following a party at his house. He was acquitted after three trials and the jury wrote a formal letter apologizing for the charges, but his career never recovered. His films were at first banned - the ban was lifted after a year - and he was mostly ostracized by the community. He died at 46..
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