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Norris Shake 1879 - 1969

Norris Shake of Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana was born on August 28, 1879, and died at age 90 years old in November 1969.
Norris Shake
Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana 47807
August 28, 1879
November 1969
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Norris Shake's History: 1879 - 1969

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    1879

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    August 28, 1879
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  • 11/dd
    1969

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    November 1969
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    Norris Shake lived 16 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 90.
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In 1879, in the year that Norris Shake was born, on October 22nd, Thomas Edison tested the first practical electric light bulb. Lasting 13½ hours before burning out, it used a "a carbon filament or strip coiled and connected to platina contact wires". He applied for a patent on November 4th, receiving the patent in January 1880.
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In 1917, at the age of 38 years old, Norris was alive when on July 28, between ten and fifteen thousand blacks silently walked down New York City's Fifth Avenue to protest racial discrimination and violence. Lynchings in Waco Texas and hundreds of African-Americans killed in East St. Louis Illinois had sparked the protest. Picket signs said "Mother, do lynchers go to heaven?" "Mr. President, why not make America safe for democracy?" "Thou shalt not kill." "Pray for the Lady Macbeth's of East St. Louis" and "Give us a chance to live."
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