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Bertha Nisbet (1892 - 1976)

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Bertha Nisbet
1892 - 1976
Born
March 3, 1892
Death
July 1976
Last Known Residence
Delta, Delta County, Colorado 81416
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Bertha Nisbet of Delta, Delta County, Colorado was born on March 3, 1892, and died at age 84 years old in July 1976.
Updated: November 11, 2011
Biography ID: 85346457

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Bertha Nisbet passed away at age 84 years old in July 1976. Bertha Nisbet of Delta, Delta County, Colorado was born on March 3, 1892.

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Bertha Nisbet lived 15 years longer than the average Nisbet family member when she died at the age of 84.
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1892 - 1976 World Events

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In 1892, in the year that Bertha Nisbet was born, on January 1st, Ellis Island opened to process immigrants. 700 passed through on the first day - in the first year, 450,000 were processed. The processing center was originally a 3 story wooden building - with outbuildings - that burned down a few years later.

In 1909, at the age of 17 years old, Bertha was alive when William Howard Taft became the 27th President of the United States on March 4th. Previously Secretary of War, Judge on the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, Solicitor General of the U.S., and Governor of both the Philippines and Cuba, Taft was the only President who went on to become Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

In 1938, Bertha was 46 years old when on October 30th, a Sunday, The Mercury Theatre on the Air broadcast Orson Welles' special Halloween show The War of the World's. A clever take on H.G. Wells' novel, the show began with simulated "breaking news" of an invasion by Martians. Because of the realistic nature of the "news," there was a public outcry the next day, calling for regulation by the FCC. Although the current story is that many were fooled and panicked, in reality very few people were fooled. But the show made Orson Welles' career.

In 1941, Bertha was 49 years old when on December 7th, the Japanese attacked the military base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The surprise aerial attack damaged 8 U.S. battleships (6 later returned to service), including the USS Arizona, and destroyed 188 aircraft. 2,402 American citizens died and 1,178 wounded were wounded. On December 8th, the U.S. declared war on Japan and on December 11th, Germany and Italy (allies of Japan) declared war on the United States. World War II was in full swing.

In 1976, in the year of Bertha Nisbet's passing, on August 4th, a mysterious illness struck an American Legion convention in Philadelphia. Within a week, 25 people had died and 130 people had been hospitalized. It was the first known instance of what came to be called "Legionnaires Disease."

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