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Sylvester Cain 1907 - 1986

Sylvester Cain of Durham, Durham County, North Carolina was born on October 20, 1907, and died at age 79 years old in December 1986.
Sylvester Cain
Durham, Durham County, North Carolina 27702
October 20, 1907
December 1986
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    1907

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    October 20, 1907
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  • 12/dd
    1986

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    December 1986
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    Sylvester Cain lived 7 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 79.
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In 1907, in the year that Sylvester Cain was born, the Monongah coal mining disaster occurred on December 6th, happening at the Fairmont Coal Company’s No. 6 and No. 8 mines.. Over 361 miners were killed. Because there was no breathing apparatus at the time to help rescuers, recovery efforts were greatly hampered. It is considered the worst mining disaster in American history and led to government oversight in mining practices.
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In 1924, by the time he was 17 years old, 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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