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Ruth Gearheart 1904 - 1996

Ruth Gearheart of Wichita, Sedgwick County, KS was born on August 23, 1904, and died at age 91 years old on July 29, 1996.
Ruth Gearheart
Wichita, Sedgwick County, KS 67213
August 23, 1904
July 29, 1996
Female
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Ruth Gearheart's History: 1904 - 1996

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  • 08/23
    1904

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    August 23, 1904
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  • 07/29
    1996

    Death

    July 29, 1996
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    Ruth Gearheart lived 21 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 91.
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In 1904, in the year that Ruth Gearheart was born, the Russo-Japanese war began. The Russian Empire and the Japanese Empire began fighting over the territories of Manchuria and Korea. Russia wanted a warm water port on the Pacific Ocean while Japan feared growing encroachment from Russia into Asia. So the Japan fleet launched a surprise attack on the Russian Navy and a one year war began. President Roosevelt of the United States brokered peace between the two nations. It was the first time in the modern era that an Asian power showed its dominance over a European power.
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In 1943, by the time she was 39 years old, on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.
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