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John R Whiffen 1909 - 2002

John R Whiffen of Topeka, Shawnee County, KS was born on January 6, 1909, and died at age 93 years old on June 16, 2002.
John R Whiffen
Topeka, Shawnee County, KS 66614
January 6, 1909
June 16, 2002
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    1909

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    January 6, 1909
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  • 06/16
    2002

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    June 16, 2002
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    John R Whiffen lived 21 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 93.
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In 1909, in the year that John R Whiffen was born, the New York Times published the first movie review. It was a report on D.W. Griffith's movie "Pippa Passes" also called "The Song of Conscience", a silent film. The review said that this work was moving away from "lurid material that attracted the wrath of censors and concerned citizens and toward more respectable ends. The movie was the story of a young female factory worker, on her day off, wandering and singing - thus changing the hearts of those around her towards good.
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In 1918, by the time he was just 9 years old, on November 1, an elevated train on the Brooklyn line of the subway - driven by an inexperienced operator because of a strike - tried to navigate a turn at 30mph. The limit on the curve was 6 mph. The 2nd and 3rd cars of the 5 car wooden train were badly damaged and at least 93 people were killed, making it the deadliest crash in New York subway history.
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