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Leon Pitts 1890 - 1965

Leon Pitts of California was born on October 14, 1890, and died at age 74 years old in February 1965.
Leon Pitts
California
October 14, 1890
February 1965
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  • 10/14
    1890

    Birthday

    October 14, 1890
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  • 02/dd
    1965

    Death

    February 1965
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Leon Pitts lived 3 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 74.
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In 1890, in the year that Leon Pitts was born, on December 29th, the Wounded Knee Massacre occurred in South Dakota on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation . The U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment said that they rode into the Lakota camp "trying to disarm" the inhabitants. One person, Black Coyote - who was deaf - held onto his rifle, saying that he paid a lot of money for it. Shots rang out and by the end at least 153 Lakota Sioux - some estimates say 300 - and 25 troops had died. The site of the massacre is a National Historic Landmark.
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In 1906, at the age of 16 years old, Leon was alive when English biochemist Frederick Hopkins concluded that vitamins are essential to the human body and that a lack of vitamins caused scurvy and rickets. Scurvy and rickets were both huge problems in sailors that were at sea for extended time and the addition of vitamin C, vitamin D, and calcium in their diets helped eradicate the problem.
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