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Ben Burns 1897 - 1988

Ben Burns of Mason, Tipton County, TN was born on November 14, 1897, and died at age 91 years old in November 1988.
Ben Burns
Mason, Tipton County, TN 38049
November 14, 1897
November 1988
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    1897

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    November 14, 1897
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  • 11/dd
    1988

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    November 1988
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    Ben Burns lived 18 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 90.
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In 1897, in the year that Ben Burns was born, on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".
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In 1920, when he was 23 years old, on November 2, radio station KDKA began broadcasting in Pittsburgh, PA. This was the first commercial radio broadcast in the United States. Westinghouse, a leading manufacturer of radios and the backer of the station, chose the date because of the Presidential election. People liked it because they could hear about the results of the election between Harding and Cox before the morning papers arrived. Four years later, there were 600 commercial stations broadcasting in the U.S.
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