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Jessie Watts 1898 - 1979

Jessie Watts of Longview, Gregg County, Texas was born on July 8, 1898, and died at age 81 years old in July 1979.
Jessie Watts
Longview, Gregg County, Texas 75601
July 8, 1898
July 1979
Female
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    1898

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    July 8, 1898
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    1979

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    July 1979
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In 1898, in the year that Jessie Watts was born, on February 15th, the USS Maine exploded and sank in Havana harbor. The reason for the explosion has never been found, but it killed 266 men. "Remember the Maine" became a rallying cry and precipitated the United States' declaration of war on Spain two months later - the beginning of the Spanish-American War. On December 10th, the war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. The Treaty gave the U.S. Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Guam - for $20 million - and, temporarily, Cuba.
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In 1905, at the age of just 7 years old, Jessie was alive when 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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