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Elmars Smilga 1914 - 1978

Elmars Smilga of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH was born on May 29, 1914, and died at age 63 years old in January 1978.
Elmars Smilga
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH 44127
May 29, 1914
January 1978
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Elmars Smilga's History: 1914 - 1978

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  • 05/29
    1914

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    May 29, 1914
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  • 01/dd
    1978

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    January 1978
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    Elmars Smilga lived 13 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 63.
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In 1914, in the year that Elmars Smilga was born, President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating Mother's Day, the second Sunday in May, as a national holiday to honor mothers. Anna Jarvis had championed a Mother's Day for years but Congress had joked a few years earlier that then they would have to proclaim a "Mother-in-law's Day" as well. The President who championed a woman's right to vote also created a day in their honor.
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In 1927, Elmars was just 13 years old when the first "talkie" (a movie with music, songs, and talking), The Jazz Singer, was released. Al Jolson starred as a cantor's son who instead of following in his father's footsteps as expected, becomes a singer of popular songs. Banished by his father, they reconcile on his father's deathbed. It was a tear-jerker and audiences went wild - especially when they heard the songs. Thus begun the demise of silent films and the rise of "talkies".
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