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Ovelia Pearson 1921 - 2002

Ovelia Pearson of Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, SC was born on October 27, 1921, and died at age 80 years old on June 20, 2002.
Ovelia Pearson
Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, SC 29305
October 27, 1921
June 20, 2002
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Ovelia Pearson's History: 1921 - 2002

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  • 10/27
    1921

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    October 27, 1921
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  • 06/20
    2002

    Death

    June 20, 2002
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    Ovelia Pearson lived 7 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 80.
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In 1921, in the year that Ovelia Pearson was born, 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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In 1943, when this person was 22 years old, on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.
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