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Americus Cummings 1901 - 1975

Americus Cummings of Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee was born on August 11, 1901, and died at age 73 years old in February 1975.
Americus Cummings
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee 38114
August 11, 1901
February 1975
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Americus Cummings' History: 1901 - 1975

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  • 08/11
    1901

    Birthday

    August 11, 1901
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  • 02/dd
    1975

    Death

    February 1975
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    Unknown
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    Americus Cummings lived 1 year longer than the average family member when died at the age of 73.
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In 1901, in the year that Americus Cummings was born, the first Nobel Prizes were awarded. Chemist and engineer Alfred Nobel, who died in 1896, had provided in his will for prizes in physics, chemistry, and physiology or medicine, who have produced the most distinguished literary work of an idealist tendency, and who have contributed the most toward world peace. The winners in 1901 were: Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen for physics, Jacobus Henricus van't Hoff for chemistry, Emil Adolf von Behring for physiology or medicine, Sully Prudhomme for literature, and Jean Henry Dunant and Frédéric Passy for peace.
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In 1918, at the age of 17 years old, Americus was alive when on November 1, an elevated train on the Brooklyn line of the subway - driven by an inexperienced operator because of a strike - tried to navigate a turn at 30mph. The limit on the curve was 6 mph. The 2nd and 3rd cars of the 5 car wooden train were badly damaged and at least 93 people were killed, making it the deadliest crash in New York subway history.
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Americus Cummings' Family Tree & Friends

Americus Cummings' Family Tree

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