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Bessie H Smith 1896 - 1988

Bessie H Smith of Tylertown, Walthall County, MS was born on January 3, 1896, and died at age 92 years old on April 15, 1988.
Bessie H Smith
Tylertown, Walthall County, MS 39667
January 3, 1896
April 15, 1988
Female
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    1896

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    January 3, 1896
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  • 04/15
    1988

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    April 15, 1988
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    Bessie H Smith lived 20 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 92.
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In 1896, in the year that Bessie H Smith was born, on August 17th, the first pedestrian v car fatality occurred in Great Britain. Bridget Driscoll, age 44, was walking with her family on the grounds of The Crystal Palace in London when she was hit by a car driven by Arthur James Edsall. Edsall claimed to be going 4.5 mph and Driscoll's death was ruled an "accidental death" after an inquest.
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In 1905, when she was merely 9 years old, the first movie theater opened in the United States in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was the first theater to show nothing but movies - silent films. Two men, John P. Harris and his brother-in-law Harry Davis, opened the Nickelodeon on Smithfield Street - charging 5 cents for admission. The first day, 450 people watched movies at the new theater - on the second day, more than 1500 people stood in line to get in.
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