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William Defries 1921 - 2002

William Defries of Breckenridge, Wilkin County, MN was born on June 18, 1921, and died at age 81 years old on July 13, 2002.

William Defries

Breckenridge, Wilkin County, MN 56520

June 18, 1921

July 13, 2002

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June 18, 1921

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July 13, 2002

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William Defries lived 7 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 81.

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In 1921, in the year that William Defries was born, the silent film The Sheik, directed by George Melford and starring Rudolph Valentino and Agnes Ayres (also featuring Adolphe Menjou) debuted on October 21st. Critics weren't enthusiastic but the public loved it - in the first few weeks 125,000 people had seen the movie - and it eventually exceeded $1 million in ticket sales. And Rudolph Valentino, an Italian American, became the heartthrob of a female generation.

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In 1943, by the time he was 22 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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