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Mary Selby 1888 - 1974

Mary Selby of Cranston, Providence County, RI was born on January 2, 1888, and died at age 86 years old in September 1974.
Mary Selby
Cranston, Providence County, RI 02920
January 2, 1888
September 1974
Female
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Mary Selby's History: 1888 - 1974

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    January 2, 1888
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    1974

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    September 1974
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    Mary Selby lived 13 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 86.
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In 1888, in the year that Mary Selby was born, on July 25th, a court stenographer from Salt Lake City - Frank Edward McGurrin - decisively beat the competition in a typing contest in Ohio. He was supposedly the only person who used touch typing and is believed to have invented the method. Touch typing is ubiquitous now - but Frank's win is what convinced everyone that the method was good!
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In 1920, when she was 32 years old, on November 2, radio station KDKA began broadcasting in Pittsburgh, PA. This was the first commercial radio broadcast in the United States. Westinghouse, a leading manufacturer of radios and the backer of the station, chose the date because of the Presidential election. People liked it because they could hear about the results of the election between Harding and Cox before the morning papers arrived. Four years later, there were 600 commercial stations broadcasting in the U.S.
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