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Melburn Shanks 1909 - 1986

Melburn Shanks of Salina, Saline County, Kansas was born on July 26, 1909, and died at age 76 years old in March 1986.
Melburn Shanks
Salina, Saline County, Kansas 67401
July 26, 1909
March 1986
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  • 07/26
    1909

    Birthday

    July 26, 1909
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  • 03/dd
    1986

    Death

    March 1986
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    Unknown
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    Melburn Shanks lived 4 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 76.
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In 1909, in the year that Melburn Shanks was born, the New York Times published the first movie review. It was a report on D.W. Griffith's movie "Pippa Passes" also called "The Song of Conscience", a silent film. The review said that this work was moving away from "lurid material that attracted the wrath of censors and concerned citizens and toward more respectable ends. The movie was the story of a young female factory worker, on her day off, wandering and singing - thus changing the hearts of those around her towards good.
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In 1915, by the time this person was just 6 years old, the Germans first used poison gas as a weapon at the second Battle of Ypres during World War I. While noxious gases had been used since ancient times, this was the first use of poisonous gas - in this case, lethal chlorine gas - in modern war. Subsequently, the French and British - as well as the United States when they entered World War 1 - developed and used lethal gas in war.
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