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Ruby Bridges 1904 - 1982

Ruby Bridges of Houston, Harris County, Texas was born on June 25, 1904, and died at age 78 years old in June 1982.

Ruby Bridges
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Houston, Harris County, Texas 77093
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June 25, 1904
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In 1904, in the year that Ruby Bridges was born, the first underground line of the New York City subway system opened. London's underground system was opened in 1863 and Boston opened one in 1897, but New York quickly became the largest system in the U.S. More than 100,000 people paid 5 cents to ride under Manhattan that first day.
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In 1918, Ruby was merely 14 years old when on November 1, an elevated train on the Brooklyn line of the subway - driven by an inexperienced operator because of a strike - tried to navigate a turn at 30mph. The limit on the curve was 6 mph. The 2nd and 3rd cars of the 5 car wooden train were badly damaged and at least 93 people were killed, making it the deadliest crash in New York subway history.
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Bridges, Ruby Bridges, Ruby (May 23, 1907 - Apr 1985) Bridges, Ruby (Mar 8, 1932 - Feb 18, 2003) Bridges, Ruby (Dec 15, 1919 - Jan 14, 1988) Bridges, Ruby (Feb 14, 1909 - Sep 1, 1989) Bridges, Ruby (Apr 23, 1928 - Jun 30, 2004) Bridges, Ruby (Sep 5, 1920 - Aug 17, 1998) Bridges, Ruby (Dec 5, 1914 - Jan 29, 1990) Bridges, Ruby (Mar 27, 1918 - Mar 7, 1997) Bridges, Ruby (Feb 10, 1923 - Feb 1993)
Bridges, Ruby (May 29, 1911 - Feb 6, 1997) Bridges, Ruby (Sep 22, 1924 - Dec 1976) Bridges, Ruby (May 3, 1926 - Apr 27, 2001) Bridges, Ruby (Sep 30, 1934 - May 8, 2005) Bridges, Ruby (Oct 5, 1912 - Sep 26, 1995) Bridges, Ruby (Nov 13, 1925 - Feb 18, 1999) Bridges, Ruby (Nov 11, 1913 - May 3, 1997) Bridges, Ruby (Jan 1, 1918 - Aug 1986) Bridges, Ruby (Jul 16, 1908 - Feb 2, 2005) Bridges, Ruby (Mar 1, 1891 - May 1970)

Other Bridges Family Biographies

Bridges, Amanda (Born 1859) Bridges, Harry (Born Jun 1, 1872) Bridges, Lera (Born Jul 29, 1893) Bridges, Mary (Born Mar 29, 1835) Bridges, Inez (Born Mar 5, 1906) Bridges, Henry (Born Feb 25, 1831) Bridges, Mary E (Born Mar 29, 1835) Bridges-Ireland, Abbie (Born 1880) Bridges, James (Born Oct 4, 1919) Bridges, Webster (Mar 19, 1902 - Jan 1983)
Bridges, Irene (Mar 6, 1906 - Nov 12, 1989) Bridges, Elizabeth (Nov 12, 1907 - Aug 1982) Bridges, Ethel (Mar 15, 1896 - Sep 1975) Bridges, Lester (Apr 1, 1906 - May 1987) Bridges, Robert (Jun 16, 1914 - Apr 1981) Bridges, Robert (Apr 19, 1925 - Oct 1983) Bridges, Irene (Mar 15, 1928 - Mar 27, 1992) Bridges, Olive (Dec 6, 1925 - Aug 1983) Bridges, Thomas (Dec 26, 1906 - Feb 15, 1996) Bridges, Libby (Jun 27, 1947 - Aug 1980)
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