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Rudolph Thorstad 1898 - 1966

Rudolph Thorstad of Lake Crystal, Blue Earth County, Minnesota was born on June 8, 1898, and died at age 68 years old in November 1966.
Rudolph Thorstad
Lake Crystal, Blue Earth County, Minnesota 56055
June 8, 1898
November 1966
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    1898

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    June 8, 1898
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  • 11/dd
    1966

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    November 1966
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    Rudolph Thorstad lived 6 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 68.
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In 1898, in the year that Rudolph Thorstad was born, on March 24th, Robert Allison of Pennsylvania became the first person to buy an American-built car. He bought a Winton, which he had seen in an advertisement in Scientific American. The Winton, built in Ohio, was made by hand and came with a leather roof, padded seats, gas lamps, and tires made by B.F. Goodrich.
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In 1924, at the age of 26 years old, Rudolph was alive when in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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