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Bessie Bankhead 1893 - 1977

Bessie Bankhead of Seattle, King County, Washington was born on August 16, 1893, and died at age 83 years old in March 1977.

Bessie Bankhead

Seattle, King County, Washington 98115

August 16, 1893

March 1977

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In 1893, in the year that Bessie Bankhead was born, a songbook, called Song Stories for the Kindergarten, was published by sisters Patty and Mildred Hill. One of the songs included in the book was "Good Morning to All" - later the lyrics were changed and it became "Happy Birthday to You".

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In 1905, at the age of merely 12 years old, Bessie was alive when the first movie theater opened in the United States in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was the first theater to show nothing but movies - silent films. Two men, John P. Harris and his brother-in-law Harry Davis, opened the Nickelodeon on Smithfield Street - charging 5 cents for admission. The first day, 450 people watched movies at the new theater - on the second day, more than 1500 people stood in line to get in.

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