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Melvin Holland 1905 - 1983

Melvin Holland of Jackson, Breathitt County, Kentucky was born on February 12, 1905, and died at age 78 years old in May 1983.
Melvin Holland
Jackson, Breathitt County, Kentucky 41339
February 12, 1905
May 1983
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Melvin Holland's History: 1905 - 1983

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  • 02/12
    1905

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    February 12, 1905
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  • 05/dd
    1983

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    May 1983
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    Melvin Holland lived 6 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 78.
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In 1905, in the year that Melvin Holland was born, the first movie theater opened in the United States in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was the first theater to show nothing but movies - silent films. Two men, John P. Harris and his brother-in-law Harry Davis, opened the Nickelodeon on Smithfield Street - charging 5 cents for admission. The first day, 450 people watched movies at the new theater - on the second day, more than 1500 people stood in line to get in.
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In 1922, when he was 17 years old, on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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