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Ruth Opdyke 1900 - 1980

Ruth Opdyke of Des Moines, Polk County, IA was born on May 5, 1900, and died at age 79 years old in January 1980.
Ruth Opdyke
Des Moines, Polk County, IA 50317
May 5, 1900
January 1980
Female
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Ruth Opdyke's History: 1900 - 1980

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    1900

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    May 5, 1900
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    1980

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    January 1980
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    Ruth Opdyke lived 2 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 79.
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In 1900, in the year that Ruth Opdyke was born, a massive hurricane, known as the Great Galveston hurricane, hit Galveston Texas. Winds hit up to 145 miles an hour (category 4) and it remains the single most deadly event in U.S. history. Between 6,000 and 12,000 died (most estimates are around 8,000 dead). The population of Galveston at the time was about 36,000 people in 1900.
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In 1932, she was 32 years old when five years to the day after Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic, Amelia Earhart flew solo from Newfoundland to Ireland, the first woman to cross the Atlantic solo and the first to replicate Lindbergh's feat. She flew over 2,000 miles in just under 15 hours.
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