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Retta Mcknight 1888 - 1974

Retta Mcknight of Lafayette, Lafayette County, Louisiana was born on July 31, 1888, and died at age 85 years old in May 1974.

Retta Mcknight
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Lafayette, Lafayette County, Louisiana 70501
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July 31, 1888
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Updated: November 7, 2011
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In 1888, in the year that Retta Mcknight was born, on July 25th, a court stenographer from Salt Lake City - Frank Edward McGurrin - decisively beat the competition in a typing contest in Ohio. He was supposedly the only person who used touch typing and is believed to have invented the method. Touch typing is ubiquitous now - but Frank's win is what convinced everyone that the method was good!
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In 1893, Retta was just 5 years old when a songbook, called Song Stories for the Kindergarten, was published by sisters Patty and Mildred Hill. One of the songs included in the book was "Good Morning to All" - later the lyrics were changed and it became "Happy Birthday to You".
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Hawkins-Mcknight, Harriett (Born Jul 11, 1899) Mcknight, Robert (Born Nov 30, 1892) Mcknight, David (Sep 19, 1886 - Aug 1973) Mcknight, Mary (Oct 15, 1905 - Aug 30, 1988) Mcknight, David (Mar 11, 1907 - Feb 1987) Mcknight, Katharine (Nov 5, 1902 - Jul 10, 1989) McKnight, Constance (Dec 13, 1937 - Apr 10, 2011) Mcknight, Frederick (Jul 14, 1918 - Nov 1980) Mcknight, Orren (Mar 3, 1897 - Dec 1969) Mcknight, Hattie (Jan 6, 1887 - Feb 1967)
Mcknight, Stanley (Aug 22, 1908 - Mar 1987) McKnight, David (Mar 8, 1943 - Feb 7, 2007) Mcknight, Ralph (Jul 7, 1897 - May 9, 1991) Mcknight, Stanley (Aug 1, 1894 - May 1975) Mcknight, Carolyn (Oct 9, 1910 - Apr 1994) Mcknight, Mary (Nov 24, 1937 - Oct 2, 2004) Mcknight, Gladys (Jan 25, 1893 - Feb 1980) Mcknight, Margaret (Nov 21, 1904 - Jan 11, 1998) Mcknight, Lawrence (Aug 12, 1908 - Nov 1979) Mcknight, Arthur (Feb 6, 1921 - Dec 1982)
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