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Emery Sperry 1886 - 1968

Emery Sperry of Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa was born on October 31, 1886, and died at age 81 years old in October 1968.
Emery Sperry
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa 50310
October 31, 1886
October 1968
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Emery Sperry's History: 1886 - 1968

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    1886

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    October 31, 1886
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  • 10/dd
    1968

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    October 1968
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    Emery Sperry lived 7 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 81.
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In 1886, in the year that Emery Sperry was born, on May 4th, a general strike began in Chicago. Workers were striking for an 8 hour workday and in protest of the killing - by police - of several workers the day before. When an unknown person threw a dynamite bomb, the strike became violent. Seven policemen were killed as well as 4 civilians. It became known as the Haymarket Riot and eventually resulted in an 8 hourwork day as well as commemorations on May 1st for worker's rights.
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In 1905, when he was 19 years old, 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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