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Percival Nelson 1905 - 1985

Percival Nelson of Arverne, Queens County, NY was born on May 29, 1905, and died at age 79 years old in February 1985.
Percival Nelson
Arverne, Queens County, NY 11692
May 29, 1905
February 1985
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    1905

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    May 29, 1905
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  • 02/dd
    1985

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    February 1985
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    Percival Nelson lived 6 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 79.
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In 1905, in the year that Percival Nelson 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 1919, he was just 14 years old when Indian lawyer Mahatma Gandhi initiated the Satyagraha campaigns, beginning the nonviolent resistance movement against British rule of India. Satyagraha means "holding onto truth" and the campaign for India independence, which was eventually obtained, called for "self-suffering" rather than inflicting suffering (i.e., violence) on others.
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