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Bessie Cook 1897 - 1981

Bessie Cook of Mankato, Jewell County, Kansas was born on July 10, 1897, and died at age 83 years old in January 1981.
Bessie Cook
Mankato, Jewell County, Kansas 66956
July 10, 1897
January 1981
Female
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  • 07/10
    1897

    Birthday

    July 10, 1897
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  • 01/dd
    1981

    Death

    January 1981
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Bessie Cook lived 11 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 83.
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In 1897, in the year that Bessie Cook was born, on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".
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In 1908, when she was only 11 years old, a 7.1 earthquake and the resulting tsunami killed 70,000 to 100,000 people in southern Italy and Sicily. The earthquake, lasting 30 to 40 seconds, occurred in the Strait of Messina which was between the region of Calabria (at the "toe" of Italy) and the island of Sicily and destruction from it occurred in a 186 mile radius. It was the most destructive earthquake ever to hit Europe.
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