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Ruth Cowan 1924 - 1996

Ruth Cowan of Kansas City, Wyandotte County, KS was born on February 3, 1924, and died at age 72 years old on March 23, 1996.
Ruth Cowan
Kansas City, Wyandotte County, KS 66103
February 3, 1924
March 23, 1996
Female
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Ruth Cowan's History: 1924 - 1996

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  • 02/3
    1924

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    February 3, 1924
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  • 03/23
    1996

    Death

    March 23, 1996
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    Ruth Cowan lived 1 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 72.
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In 1924, in the year that Ruth Cowan was born, J. Edgar Hoover, at the age of 29, was appointed the sixth director of the Bureau of Investigation by Calvin Coolidge (which later became the Federal Bureau of Investigation). The Bureau had approximately 650 employees, including 441 Special Agents. A former employee of the Justice Department, Hoover accepted his new position on the proviso that the bureau was to be completely divorced from politics and that the director report only to the attorney general.
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In 1939, Ruth was merely 15 years old when in May, Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first full-length animated film, reached a total international gross of $6.5 million which made it (to then) the most successful sound film of all time. First released in December 1937, it was originally dubbed "Disney's Folly" but the premiere received a standing ovation from the audience. At the 11th Academy Awards in February 1939, Walt Disney won an Academy Honorary Award - a full-size Oscar statuette and seven miniature ones - for Snow White.
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