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Benjamin T Thornton 1923 - 2007

Benjamin T Thornton of Upper Marlboro, Prince Georges County, District Of Columbia was born on January 3, 1923, and died at age 84 years old on January 3, 2007.
Benjamin T Thornton
Upper Marlboro, Prince Georges County, District Of Columbia 20774
January 3, 1923
January 3, 2007
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    1923

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    January 3, 1923
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  • 01/3
    2007

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    January 3, 2007
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    Benjamin T Thornton lived 13 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 84.
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In 1923, in the year that Benjamin T Thornton was born, Harlem's Cotton Club opened in New York City. Owned by a bootlegger and gangster, it was a 700 seat speakeasy that catered to a "white only" clientele. But most of the entertainers were African-American and featured some of the best entertainers of the time such as Lena Horne, the Nicholas Brothers, Ethel Waters, and Cab Calloway.
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In 1931, Benjamin was merely 8 years old when on May 1st, the Empire State Building opened in New York City. At 1,454 feet (including the roof and antenna), it was the tallest building in the world until the World Trade Center's North Tower was built in 1970. (It is now the 34th tallest.) Opening at the beginning of the Great Depression, most of the offices in the Empire State Building remained unoccupied for years and the observation deck was an equal source of revenue and kept the building profitable.
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