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Rodney Thornton 1906 - 1971

Rodney Thornton of Houston, Harris County, Texas was born on November 21, 1906, and died at age 64 years old in October 1971.
Rodney Thornton
Houston, Harris County, Texas 77017
November 21, 1906
October 1971
Male
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    1906

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    November 21, 1906
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  • 10/dd
    1971

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    October 1971
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    Rodney Thornton lived 7 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 64.
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In 1906, in the year that Rodney Thornton was born, Finland became the first European country to give women the vote and to allow them to run for political office. (Women in Australia and New Zealand already had that right but couldn't run for office.) Although Finland belonged to the Russian Empire, there was great unrest and the Tsar wanted to broker a quick peace. As a part of the brokered peace, women got the vote.
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In 1939, Rodney was 33 years old when in May, Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first full-length animated film, reached a total international gross of $6.5 million which made it (to then) the most successful sound film of all time. First released in December 1937, it was originally dubbed "Disney's Folly" but the premiere received a standing ovation from the audience. At the 11th Academy Awards in February 1939, Walt Disney won an Academy Honorary Award - a full-size Oscar statuette and seven miniature ones - for Snow White.
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