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Retta Mereness 1905 - 1994

Retta Mereness of Athens, Bradford County, PA was born on June 19, 1905, and died at age 88 years old on January 15, 1994.
Retta Mereness
Athens, Bradford County, PA 18810
June 19, 1905
January 15, 1994
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Retta Mereness' History: 1905 - 1994

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  • 06/19
    1905

    Birthday

    June 19, 1905
    Birthdate
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  • 01/15
    1994

    Death

    January 15, 1994
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Retta Mereness lived 13 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 88.
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In 1905, in the year that Retta Mereness was born, the first movie theater opened in the United States in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was the first theater to show nothing but movies - silent films. Two men, John P. Harris and his brother-in-law Harry Davis, opened the Nickelodeon on Smithfield Street - charging 5 cents for admission. The first day, 450 people watched movies at the new theater - on the second day, more than 1500 people stood in line to get in.
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In 1914, by the time she was only 9 years old, President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating Mother's Day, the second Sunday in May, as a national holiday to honor mothers. Anna Jarvis had championed a Mother's Day for years but Congress had joked a few years earlier that then they would have to proclaim a "Mother-in-law's Day" as well. The President who championed a woman's right to vote also created a day in their honor.
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