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Dortha Rowan 1905 - 1998

Dortha Rowan of Bradenton, Manatee County, FL was born on September 22, 1905, and died at age 92 years old on January 6, 1998.
Dortha Rowan
Bradenton, Manatee County, FL 34207
September 22, 1905
January 6, 1998
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Dortha Rowan's History: 1905 - 1998

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  • 09/22
    1905

    Birthday

    September 22, 1905
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  • 01/6
    1998

    Death

    January 6, 1998
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    Dortha Rowan lived 20 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 92.
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In 1905, in the year that Dortha Rowan 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 1931, at the age of 26 years old, Dortha was alive 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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