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Rufus Swope 1886 - 1970

Rufus Swope of Myerstown, Lebanon County, PA was born on January 5, 1886, and died at age 84 years old in July 1970.

Rufus Swope
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Myerstown, Lebanon County, PA 17067
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In 1886, in the year that Rufus Swope was born, on May 4th, a general strike began in Chicago. Workers were striking for an 8 hour workday and in protest of the killing - by police - of several workers the day before. When an unknown person threw a dynamite bomb, the strike became violent. Seven policemen were killed as well as 4 civilians. It became known as the Haymarket Riot and eventually resulted in an 8 hourwork day as well as commemorations on May 1st for worker's rights.
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In 1928, at the age of 42 years old, Rufus was alive when aviatrix Amelia Earhart, age 31, became the first woman to fly solo across North America and back in August. In June, she had been part of a 3 man crew that flew the Atlantic Ocean but since she had no instrument training, she couldn't fly the plane - she kept the flight log. The North American flight became one of her many "firsts" as a female pilot.
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Swope, Charles (Born 1932) Swope, Grace (Jul 26, 1926 - Jul 17, 2001) Swope, Elmer (Born Jan 28, 1906) Swope, Beatrice (Jan 23, 1924 - Aug 13, 1999) Swope, Joseph (May 18, 1956 - Apr 13, 2004) Swope, Charles (Mar 23, 1939 - Sep 20, 2000) Swope, Gerda (May 21, 1919 - Feb 16, 2006) Swope, Florence (Jul 20, 1921 - May 16, 2007) Swope, Jane (Apr 22, 1928 - Oct 2, 1994) Swope, Elsie (Aug 27, 1910 - Aug 14, 1999)
Swope, Doris (Sep 19, 1914 - Jun 1980) Swope, Margaret (Jun 20, 1907 - Sep 2, 1994) Swope, Theresa (Apr 3, 1915 - Nov 18, 2004) Swope, Robert (Apr 4, 1922 - Feb 8, 1991) Swope, Lee (Oct 1, 1904 - Nov 1964) Swope, Stephen (Jun 14, 1936 - Dec 8, 2004) Swope, Pauline (May 30, 1881 - Jul 1971) Swope, Blanche (Aug 8, 1911 - May 1985) Swope, Ellen (Oct 13, 1915 - Oct 23, 1999) Swope, Henrietta (Oct 26, 1902 - Nov 1980)
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