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Ruby Harrison 1919 - 2007

Ruby Harrison of Wilmette, Cook County, IL was born on March 26, 1919, and died at age 88 years old on December 19, 2007.
Ruby Harrison
Wilmette, Cook County, IL 60091
March 26, 1919
December 19, 2007
Female
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Ruby Harrison's History: 1919 - 2007

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  • 03/26
    1919

    Birthday

    March 26, 1919
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  • 12/19
    2007

    Death

    December 19, 2007
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    Ruby Harrison lived 16 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 88.
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In 1919, in the year that Ruby Harrison was born, in the summer and early autumn, race riots erupted in 26 U.S. cities, resulting in hundreds of deaths and even more people being badly hurt. In most cases, African-Americans were the victims. It was called the "Red Summer". Men who were returning from World War I needed jobs and there was competition for those jobs among the races. Tension was heightened by the use by many companies of blacks as strikebreakers.
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In 1920, she was only 1 year old when on November 2, radio station KDKA began broadcasting in Pittsburgh, PA. This was the first commercial radio broadcast in the United States. Westinghouse, a leading manufacturer of radios and the backer of the station, chose the date because of the Presidential election. People liked it because they could hear about the results of the election between Harding and Cox before the morning papers arrived. Four years later, there were 600 commercial stations broadcasting in the U.S.
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