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Ruth Metcalf 1911 - 1986

Ruth Metcalf was born on October 29, 1911, and died at age 74 years old in March 1986.
Ruth Metcalf
zip code 02401
October 29, 1911
March 1986
Female
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Ruth Metcalf's History: 1911 - 1986

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  • 10/29
    1911

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    October 29, 1911
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  • 03/dd
    1986

    Death

    March 1986
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    Ruth Metcalf lived 1 year longer than the average family member when died at the age of 74.
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In 1911, in the year that Ruth Metcalf was born, the first Indianapolis 500 was run in May. Ray Harroun was the winner - he was an engineer and had retired from racing but he came back for this race. After the race, he retired for good. The purse was $27,550 - the largest offered up to that time - and Harroun received $10,000 for first place. His average time was 74.602 mph.
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In 1943, at the age of 32 years old, Ruth was alive when on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.
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