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Bessie A Prokes 1899 - 1988

Bessie A Prokes of Springfield, Sangamon County, IL was born on March 13, 1899, and died at age 89 years old on October 9, 1988.

Bessie A Prokes

Springfield, Sangamon County, IL 62706

March 13, 1899

October 9, 1988

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March 13, 1899

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1988

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October 9, 1988

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In 1899, in the year that Bessie A Prokes was born, on February 4th, the Philippine–American War began. The Philippines objected to the Treaty of Paris, signed in 1898, that transferred possession of the Philippines from Spain to the U.S. Filipinos began a fight for independence and fighting between U.S. forces and those of the Philippine Republic broke out. On June 2nd, the Philippines officially declared war on the United States.

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In 1939, Bessie was 40 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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