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August Porth 1905 - 1973

August Porth of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois was born on May 6, 1905, and died at age 68 years old in May 1973.
August Porth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 60657
May 6, 1905
May 1973
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August Porth's History: 1905 - 1973

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  • 05/6
    1905

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    May 6, 1905
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  • 05/dd
    1973

    Death

    May 1973
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    August Porth lived 7 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 67.
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In 1905, in the year that August Porth 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 1916, by the time he was just 11 years old, in June, the U.S. Congress authorized a plan to expand the armed forces over the next five years. Called the National Defense Act of 1916, the national law expanded the National Guard and Army (the Army added an aviation unit), created the Reserves, and gave the President expanded authority to federalize the National Guard. It also allowed the government to stockpile, in advance, materiel to be used in wartime.
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