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Meartha Hampton 1901 - 1974

Meartha Hampton of Cairo, Alexander County, Illinois was born on August 14, 1901, and died at age 73 years old in September 1974.
Meartha Hampton
Cairo, Alexander County, Illinois 62914
August 14, 1901
September 1974
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    1901

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    August 14, 1901
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  • 09/dd
    1974

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    September 1974
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    Meartha Hampton lived 3 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 73.
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In 1901, in the year that Meartha Hampton was born, the first Nobel Prizes were awarded. Chemist and engineer Alfred Nobel, who died in 1896, had provided in his will for prizes in physics, chemistry, and physiology or medicine, who have produced the most distinguished literary work of an idealist tendency, and who have contributed the most toward world peace. The winners in 1901 were: Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen for physics, Jacobus Henricus van't Hoff for chemistry, Emil Adolf von Behring for physiology or medicine, Sully Prudhomme for literature, and Jean Henry Dunant and Frédéric Passy for peace.
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In 1935, this person was 34 years old when on September 8th, Louisiana Senator Huey Long was shot by Dr. Carl Weiss. Weiss was shot and killed immediately by Long's bodyguards - Long died two days later from his injuries. Long had received many death threats previously, as well as threats against his family. He was a powerful and controversial figure in Louisiana politics (and probably gained power through multiple criminal acts). His opponents became frustrated with their attempts to oust him and Dr. Weiss was the son-in-law of one of those opponents. His funeral was attended by 200,000 mourners.
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