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Leon Greenwell 1896 - 1968

Leon Greenwell of Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa was born on May 28, 1896, and died at age 72 years old in November 1968.
Leon Greenwell
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa 50310
May 28, 1896
November 1968
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Leon Greenwell's History: 1896 - 1968

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  • 05/28
    1896

    Birthday

    May 28, 1896
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  • 11/dd
    1968

    Death

    November 1968
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    Leon Greenwell lived 1 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 72.
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In 1896, in the year that Leon Greenwell 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 1911, he was merely 15 years old when the first Indianapolis 500 was run in May. Ray Harroun was the winner - he was an engineer and had retired from racing but he came back for this race. After the race, he retired for good. The purse was $27,550 - the largest offered up to that time - and Harroun received $10,000 for first place. His average time was 74.602 mph.
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