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Retavia Pettit 1898 - 1980

Retavia Pettit of Lockhart, Caldwell County, Texas was born on November 16, 1898, and died at age 81 years old in August 1980.
Retavia Pettit
Lockhart, Caldwell County, Texas 78644
November 16, 1898
August 1980
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Retavia Pettit's History: 1898 - 1980

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    1898

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    November 16, 1898
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  • 08/dd
    1980

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    August 1980
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    Retavia Pettit lived 8 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 81.
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In 1898, in the year that Retavia Pettit was born, on February 15th, the USS Maine exploded and sank in Havana harbor. The reason for the explosion has never been found, but it killed 266 men. "Remember the Maine" became a rallying cry and precipitated the United States' declaration of war on Spain two months later - the beginning of the Spanish-American War. On December 10th, the war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. The Treaty gave the U.S. Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Guam - for $20 million - and, temporarily, Cuba.
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In 1911, at the age of only 13 years old, Retavia was alive when British physicist Ernest Rutherford (born in New Zealand), along with German physicist Hans Geiger, discovered the structure of an atom. He found that atoms had nuclei (a nucleus) and were circled by electrons, much as planets orbit the sun.
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