When Ralph Jay Hurless was born on 15 May 1884, in Beadle, South Dakota, United States, his father, Martin Overholser Hurless, was 40 and his mother, Minerva Jane Nance, was 37. He died on 9 December 1960, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 76.
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The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
English: variant of Harless . This surname is found mainly in OH.
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