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Burk Watkins 1879 - 1965

Burk Watkins of Florida was born on March 17, 1879, and died at age 86 years old in September 1965.
Burk Watkins
Florida
March 17, 1879
September 1965
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Burk Watkins' History: 1879 - 1965

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  • 03/17
    1879

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    March 17, 1879
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  • 09/dd
    1965

    Death

    September 1965
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    Unknown
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    Burk Watkins lived 15 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 86.
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In 1879, in the year that Burk Watkins was born, on October 22nd, Thomas Edison tested the first practical electric light bulb. Lasting 13½ hours before burning out, it used a "a carbon filament or strip coiled and connected to platina contact wires". He applied for a patent on November 4th, receiving the patent in January 1880.
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In 1884, when this person was merely 5 years old, on August 5th, the cornerstone for the base of the Statue of Liberty - a gift from the people of France - was laid. 120,000 people - most donations were $1 - donated to the completion of the base. An 1883 poem by Emma Lazarus was also written to raise funds. That poem was included in the base of the statue and is well known today. The most famous phrase: "Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
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