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Roy Elwood 1905 - 1981

Roy Elwood of Gruver, Emmet County, Iowa was born on November 23, 1905, and died at age 75 years old in July 1981.
Roy Elwood
Gruver, Emmet County, Iowa 51344
November 23, 1905
July 1981
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Roy Elwood's History: 1905 - 1981

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  • 11/23
    1905

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    November 23, 1905
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  • 07/dd
    1981

    Death

    July 1981
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    Roy Elwood lived 2 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 75.
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In 1905, in the year that Roy Elwood 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 1934, at the age of 29 years old, Roy was alive when on July 22nd, gangster John Dillinger was killed in Chicago. His gang had robbed banks and police stations, among other charges, and he was being hunted by J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI - although many in the public saw him as a "Robin Hood". A madam from a brothel in which he was hiding became an informer for the FBI and, after a shootout with FBI agents, Dillinger was shot and died.
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