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Rachel P Shelkey 1905 - 2006

Rachel P Shelkey of Venice, Sarasota County, FL was born on October 23, 1905, and died at age 100 years old on March 14, 2006.
Rachel P Shelkey
Venice, Sarasota County, FL 34292
October 23, 1905
March 14, 2006
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  • 10/23
    1905

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    October 23, 1905
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  • 03/14
    2006

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    March 14, 2006
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    Rachel P Shelkey lived 26 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 100.
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In 1905, in the year that Rachel P Shelkey 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 1914, Rachel was just 9 years old when in August, the Panama Canal opened to traffic. Begun by the French in the 1880's and abandoned, the United States undertook further construction in 1904. After 10 years, and the elimination of malaria carrying mosquitoes (which caused immense delays for the French and the Americans), the 48 mile long artificial waterway - a series of locks - created a shortcut for ships traveling between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
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