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Bessie I Brown 1920 - 2001

Bessie I Brown of Petersburg, Petersburg City County, VA was born on August 18, 1920, and died at age 80 years old on March 1, 2001.
Bessie I Brown
Petersburg, Petersburg City County, VA 23805
August 18, 1920
March 1, 2001
Female
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  • 08/18
    1920

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    August 18, 1920
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  • 03/1
    2001

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    March 1, 2001
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    Bessie I Brown lived 9 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 80.
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In 1920, in the year that Bessie I Brown was born, the Volstead Act became law. Formally called the National Prohibition Act, the Volstead Act enabled law enforcement agencies to carry out the 18th Amendment. It said that "no person shall manufacture, sell, barter, transport, import, export, deliver, or furnish any intoxicating liquor except as authorized by this act" and defined intoxicating liquor as any beverage containing more than 0.5% alcohol by volume.
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In 1945, by the time she was 25 years old, on February 19th, US Marines landed on the island of Iwo Jima and the Battle of Iwo Jima began. Lasting 5 weeks, it was some of the bloodiest and fiercest fighting in the Pacific theater during World War II. The occupying Japanese forces were heavily armed and there were 21,000 Japanese soldiers on the island at the beginning of the battle. Only 216 Japanese soldiers were captured afterwards - the rest had been killed in action or committed suicide. 6,800 American soldiers died but the Americans took control of the island.
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