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Bessie Downing 1899 - 1980

Bessie Downing of Hanceville, Cullman County, Alabama was born on August 7, 1899, and died at age 81 years old in October 1980.

Bessie Downing

Hanceville, Cullman County, Alabama 35077

August 7, 1899

October 1980

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In 1899, in the year that Bessie Downing was born, on February 4th, the Philippine–American War began. The Philippines objected to the Treaty of Paris, signed in 1898, that transferred possession of the Philippines from Spain to the U.S. Filipinos began a fight for independence and fighting between U.S. forces and those of the Philippine Republic broke out. On June 2nd, the Philippines officially declared war on the United States.

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In 1939, at the age of 40 years old, Bessie was alive when in May, Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first full-length animated film, reached a total international gross of $6.5 million which made it (to then) the most successful sound film of all time. First released in December 1937, it was originally dubbed "Disney's Folly" but the premiere received a standing ovation from the audience. At the 11th Academy Awards in February 1939, Walt Disney won an Academy Honorary Award - a full-size Oscar statuette and seven miniature ones - for Snow White.

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