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Bessie Coleman 1888 - 1980

Bessie Coleman of Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana was born on April 5, 1888, and died at age 92 years old in November 1980.

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In 1888, in the year that Bessie Coleman 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 1948, she was 60 years old when on January 30th, Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in New Delhi by a member of a Hindu nationalist party who thought that Gandhi was too accommodating to Muslims. The man, Nathuram Godse, shot Gandhi 3 times. He died immediately. The shooter was tried, convicted, and hung in November 1949.
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Coleman, Bessie Coleman, Bessie (Nov 16, 1927 - Jun 11, 2000) Coleman, Bessie (Apr 20, 1902 - Oct 1982) Coleman, Bessie (Jan 19, 1898 - Jul 1970) Coleman, Bessie (Oct 7, 1915 - Aug 4, 2003) Coleman, Bessie (Dec 2, 1895 - Jan 22, 1991) Coleman, Bessie (Jul 30, 1914 - Jun 7, 2003) Coleman, Bessie (Jun 1, 1890 - Jun 1981) Coleman, Bessie (Jun 13, 1888 - Apr 1975) Coleman, Bessie (Sep 25, 1898 - Dec 1972)
Coleman, Bessie (May 31, 1894 - Aug 1976) Coleman, Bessie (Apr 4, 1919 - Apr 1969) Coleman, Bessie (Feb 18, 1932 - Jun 7, 2006) Coleman, Bessie (Nov 7, 1910 - Apr 1987) Coleman, Bessie (Jan 1, 1904 - Jan 30, 1998) Coleman, Bessie (Jul 29, 1908 - Jul 1984) Coleman, Bessie (Feb 21, 1889 - Jan 1977) Coleman, Bessie (Apr 3, 1902 - Jan 1, 1994) Coleman, Bessie (Jan 8, 1900 - Feb 25, 1994) Coleman, Bessie (Mar 3, 1892 - Sep 1984)

Other Coleman Family Biographies

Coleman, Mary (Born Aug 31, 1848) Coleman, Walter (Born 1857) Coleman, John (Born 1900) Coleman, Nellie (1866 - 1930) Coleman, Rachael (Born 1836) Coleman, Roger Coleman, Erma Coleman, James (Born Dec 2, 1859) Coleman, Frank Coleman, Elwin (Sep 21, 1897 - Dec 1982)
Coleman, Henry (May 6, 1891 - May 1966) Coleman, Ruth (Nov 29, 1898 - Dec 1969) Coleman, Grace (Jun 24, 1893 - May 1968) Coleman, Cecilia (Apr 19, 1908 - Apr 1984) Coleman, Harry (Oct 31, 1913 - Apr 1987) Coleman, Winfield (Mar 22, 1904 - Jul 1971) Coleman, John (Mar 17, 1902 - Dec 1970) Coleman, Harold (Apr 22, 1907 - Aug 10, 1994) Coleman, Doris (Dec 6, 1914 - Oct 1976) Coleman, Lucile (Oct 14, 1910 - Apr 1985)
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