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Bessie Gratchen 1901 - 1986

Bessie Gratchen of Washington, Washington County, PA was born on February 8, 1901, and died at age 85 years old in July 1986.

Bessie Gratchen
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Washington, Washington County, PA 15301
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February 8, 1901
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Updated: October 6, 2011
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In 1901, in the year that Bessie Gratchen was born, shortly after beginning his second term, President McKinley was assassinated by the self proclaimed anarchist Leon Czolgosz. The last President to have served in the Civil War - he began as a private and ended the war as a brevet major - McKinley was a Republican. First elected in 1896, he was re-elected in 1900. Six months after the swearing in, McKinley was shot - and died of the gangrene that set in as a result.
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In 1938, at the age of 37 years old, Bessie was alive when on October 30th, a Sunday, The Mercury Theatre on the Air broadcast Orson Welles' special Halloween show The War of the World's. A clever take on H.G. Wells' novel, the show began with simulated "breaking news" of an invasion by Martians. Because of the realistic nature of the "news," there was a public outcry the next day, calling for regulation by the FCC. Although the current story is that many were fooled and panicked, in reality very few people were fooled. But the show made Orson Welles' career.
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