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Bessie Charleston 1911 - 1977

Bessie Charleston was born on June 23, 1911, and died at age 66 years old in November 1977. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Bessie Charleston.

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In 1911, in the year that Bessie Charleston was born, British physicist Ernest Rutherford (born in New Zealand), along with German physicist Hans Geiger, discovered the structure of an atom. He found that atoms had nuclei (a nucleus) and were circled by electrons, much as planets orbit the sun.
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In 1926, Bessie was merely 15 years old when on October 31st, Harry Houdini died in Michigan. Houdini was the most famed magician of his time and perhaps of all time, especially for his acts involving escapes - from handcuffs, straitjackets, chains, ropes slung from skyscrapers, and more. He was president of the Society of American Magicians and stringently upheld professional ethics. He died of complications from a ruptured appendix. Although he had received a blow to the area a couple of days previously, the connection between the blow and his appendicitis is disputed.
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Charleston, Bessie (Feb 8, 1919 - Apr 1979) Charleston, Bessie (Dec 17, 1921 - Feb 1989)
Charleston, Bessie (Mar 30, 1901 - Mar 1985) Charleston, Bessie (Jan 23, 1895 - Oct 1974)

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Charleston, Esther (Nov 17, 1927 - Jul 13, 2004) Charleston, Lolita (Apr 16, 1928 - Jul 26, 2011) Charleston, Margery (Jan 31, 1924 - Oct 30, 2006) Charleston, Dorothea (Oct 26, 1924 - Apr 19, 1998) Charleston, Edward (May 12, 1904 - Nov 1971) Charleston, Richard (May 20, 1929 - Jan 3, 2007) Charleston, Elizabeth (Aug 28, 1904 - Dec 1970) Charleston, Wallace (Aug 23, 1930 - May 1, 1999) Charleston, Dagmar (Jul 24, 1932 - May 27, 2006) Charleston, Barbara (Jan 6, 1921 - Jan 11, 2002)
Charleston, Alice (Aug 24, 1922 - Jun 14, 1997) Charleston, Edward (Jul 21, 1922 - Mar 2, 2006) Charleston, Shirley (May 7, 1921 - Oct 22, 1994) Charleston, Russell (Nov 16, 1930 - May 4, 1996) Charleston, Raymond (Sep 1, 1923 - Sep 12, 1999) Charleston, Margaret (Nov 8, 1902 - Nov 1983) Charleston, Matilda (Jun 23, 1880 - Nov 1980) Charleston, William (Sep 6, 1926 - Jun 22, 1989) Charleston, Harry (Dec 21, 1893 - Mar 1977) Charleston, Bertha (Sep 25, 1908 - Oct 23, 2000)
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