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Selma Josephine Root 1908 - 2008

Selma Josephine Root of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota was born on January 8, 1908, and died at age 100 years old on November 7, 2008.

Selma Josephine Root
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Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota 55423
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In 1908, in the year that Selma Josephine Root was born, a 7.1 earthquake and the resulting tsunami killed 70,000 to 100,000 people in southern Italy and Sicily. The earthquake, lasting 30 to 40 seconds, occurred in the Strait of Messina which was between the region of Calabria (at the "toe" of Italy) and the island of Sicily and destruction from it occurred in a 186 mile radius. It was the most destructive earthquake ever to hit Europe.
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In 1927, Selma was 19 years old when aviator and media darling Charles Lindbergh, age 25, made the first successful solo TransAtlantic flight. "Lucky Lindy" took off from Long Island in New York and flew to Paris, covering  3,600 statute miles and flying for 33 1⁄2-hours. His plane "The Spirit of St. Louis" was a fabric-covered, single-seat, single-engine "Ryan NYP" high-wing monoplane designed by both Lindbergh and the manufacturer's chief engineer.
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Brinkerhoff, Persis Root, Esther (Born 1847) Root, David (Mar 26, 1889 - Aug 1969) Root Roote, Thomas (Jan 16, 1605 - Jul 7, 1694) Root, Alexander (Feb 3, 1882 - Jan 1970) Root, Edgar (May 15, 1898 - Jun 3, 1990) Root, Charles (Jun 16, 1921 - Apr 25, 2011) Root, Cynthia (Feb 13, 1919 - Jul 29, 2001) Root, Alexander (Feb 20, 1923 - Jul 17, 1988) Root, Dorothy (Nov 16, 1912 - Sep 16, 2007)
Root, Ralph (May 8, 1920 - May 27, 2002) Root, John (Aug 12, 1935 - Jan 1981) Root, Irene (Sep 11, 1903 - Jul 17, 1994) Root, Lorraine (Dec 7, 1923 - Jan 24, 2007) Root, John (Jan 23, 1937 - Dec 11, 2008) Root, Margaret (Feb 9, 1899 - Nov 20, 1988) Root, Helen (Jul 4, 1883 - Jan 1969) Root, William (Aug 12, 1914 - Jul 1975) Root, John (Sep 29, 1908 - Sep 29, 1987) Root, Waldon (Nov 8, 1926 - Jan 1985)
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