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Ruby Gillis 1920 - 1987

Ruby Gillis of Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan was born on June 11, 1920, and died at age 66 years old in January 1987.
Ruby Gillis
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan 48221
June 11, 1920
January 1987
Female
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Ruby Gillis' History: 1920 - 1987

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  • 06/11
    1920

    Birthday

    June 11, 1920
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  • 01/dd
    1987

    Death

    January 1987
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    Ruby Gillis lived 7 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 66.
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In 1920, in the year that Ruby Gillis was born, speakeasies replaced saloons as the center of social activity. After the 18th Amendment was ratified and selling alcohol became illegal, saloons closed and speakeasies took their place. Speakeasies, also called a blind pig or blind tiger, were "so called because of the practice of speaking quietly about such a place in public, or when inside it, so as not to alert the police or neighbors". There were a lot of them and they were very popular. And where saloons often prohibited women, they were encouraged at speakeasies because of the added profits.
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In 1955, Ruby was 35 years old when in January, President Eisenhower sent direct aid to South Vietnam. In February, U.S. advisors were sent to train troops.
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