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Peter Pojawis 1890 - 1976

Peter Pojawis of Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan was born on June 8, 1890, and died at age 85 years old in April 1976.

Peter Pojawis
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Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan 48205
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In 1890, in the year that Peter Pojawis was born, on December 29th, the Wounded Knee Massacre occurred in South Dakota on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation . The U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment said that they rode into the Lakota camp "trying to disarm" the inhabitants. One person, Black Coyote - who was deaf - held onto his rifle, saying that he paid a lot of money for it. Shots rang out and by the end at least 153 Lakota Sioux - some estimates say 300 - and 25 troops had died. The site of the massacre is a National Historic Landmark.
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In 1927, by the time he was 37 years old, 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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Pojawis, Elizabeth (Nov 6, 1898 - Dec 1976) Pojawis, Paul (Sep 23, 1966 - Mar 1984) Pojawis, Josephine (Dec 24, 1907 - Sep 1973) Pojawis, Lawrence (May 28, 1937 - Jun 11, 2001)
Pojawis, John (Aug 22, 1903 - Dec 1964) Pojawis, Victoria (Dec 22, 1886 - Dec 1973) Pojawis, Helen (May 13, 1897 - Jan 2, 1990)
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