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Bessie Allan 1888 - 1985

Bessie Allan of Harvey, Cook County, Illinois was born on November 24, 1888, and died at age 96 years old in March 1985.

Bessie Allan

Harvey, Cook County, Illinois 60426

November 24, 1888

March 1985

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November 24, 1888

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Bessie Allan lived 21 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 96.

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In 1888, in the year that Bessie Allan was born, on July 25th, a court stenographer from Salt Lake City - Frank Edward McGurrin - decisively beat the competition in a typing contest in Ohio. He was supposedly the only person who used touch typing and is believed to have invented the method. Touch typing is ubiquitous now - but Frank's win is what convinced everyone that the method was good!

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In 1891, at the age of just 3 years old, Bessie was alive when James Naismith, at the Springfield Massachusetts YMCA, invented the game of basketball. Originally using two peach baskets and a soccer ball, he created the game to keep his students active during the long, harsh New England winters.

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