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Mattie Straughan 1888 - 1973

Mattie Straughan of Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina was born on August 4, 1888, and died at age 85 years old in August 1973.
Mattie Straughan
Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina 27401
August 4, 1888
August 1973
Female
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Mattie Straughan's History: 1888 - 1973

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    1888

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    August 4, 1888
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    1973

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    August 1973
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    Mattie Straughan lived 11 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 84.
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In 1888, in the year that Mattie Straughan 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 1921, at the age of 33 years old, Mattie was alive when the silent film The Sheik, directed by George Melford and starring Rudolph Valentino and Agnes Ayres (also featuring Adolphe Menjou) debuted on October 21st. Critics weren't enthusiastic but the public loved it - in the first few weeks 125,000 people had seen the movie - and it eventually exceeded $1 million in ticket sales. And Rudolph Valentino, an Italian American, became the heartthrob of a female generation.
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