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Bessie Canavan 1892 - 1975

Bessie Canavan of Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas was born on November 30, 1892, and died at age 82 years old in March 1975.
Bessie Canavan
Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas 66044
November 30, 1892
March 1975
Female
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    1892

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    November 30, 1892
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  • 03/dd
    1975

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    March 1975
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    Bessie Canavan lived 9 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 82.
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In 1892, in the year that Bessie Canavan was born, on October 12th, the "Pledge of Allegiance" was first recited in unison by students in U.S. public schools. Composed the previous August by Francis Bellamy, it was to be recited in 15 seconds and originally read: "I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." "Under God" was added in the 1950's.
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In 1905, when she was merely 13 years old, 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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