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Peter Cortelyou 1885 - 1962

Peter Cortelyou of California was born on June 25, 1885, and died at age 77 years old in July 1962.
Peter Cortelyou
California
June 25, 1885
July 1962
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    1885

    Birthday

    June 25, 1885
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  • 07/dd
    1962

    Death

    July 1962
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    Peter Cortelyou lived exactly as long as the average family member when died at the age of 77.
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In 1885, in the year that Peter Cortelyou was born, on February 16th, the first Dow Jones Industrial Average was published by Charles Dow, who also founded the Wall Street Journal. The index was 62.76. It represented 12 stocks - American Cotton Oil, American Sugar, American Tobacco, Chicago Gas, Distilling & Cattle Feeding, General Electric, Laclede Gas, National Lead, North American, Tennessee Coal and Iron, U.S. Leather pfd. and U.S. Rubber.
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In 1905, by the time he was 20 years old, 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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