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Averette Powell 1905 - 1999

Averette Powell of Louisville, Jefferson County, KY was born on April 2, 1905, and died at age 93 years old on February 17, 1999.
Averette Powell
Louisville, Jefferson County, KY 40217
April 2, 1905
February 17, 1999
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  • 04/2
    1905

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    April 2, 1905
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  • 02/17
    1999

    Death

    February 17, 1999
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    Averette Powell lived 22 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 93.
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In 1905, in the year that Averette Powell 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 1918, at the age of just 13 years old, Averette 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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