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Wilbur Eckman 1905 - 1968

Wilbur Eckman was born on August 16, 1905, and died at age 62 years old in March 1968. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Wilbur Eckman.
Wilbur Eckman
August 16, 1905
March 1968
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  • 08/16
    1905

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    August 16, 1905
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  • 03/dd
    1968

    Death

    March 1968
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    Unknown
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    Wilbur Eckman lived 12 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 62.
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In 1905, in the year that Wilbur Eckman was born, the first movie theater opened in the United States in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was the first theater to show nothing but movies - silent films. Two men, John P. Harris and his brother-in-law Harry Davis, opened the Nickelodeon on Smithfield Street - charging 5 cents for admission. The first day, 450 people watched movies at the new theater - on the second day, more than 1500 people stood in line to get in.
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In 1922, he was 17 years old when on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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