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Bessie L Smith 1914 - 1992

Bessie L Smith was born on July 28, 1914, and died at age 77 years old on February 25, 1992. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Bessie L Smith.
Bessie L Smith
July 28, 1914
February 25, 1992
Female
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  • 07/28
    1914

    Birthday

    July 28, 1914
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  • 02/25
    1992

    Death

    February 25, 1992
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Bessie L Smith lived 5 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 77.
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In 1914, in the year that Bessie L Smith was born, in August, the world's first red and green traffic lights were installed at the corner of East 105th Street and Euclid Avenue in Cleveland Ohio. The electric traffic light had been invented by a policeman in Salt Lake City Utah in 1912.
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In 1931, at the age of 17 years old, Bessie was alive when on May 1st, the Empire State Building opened in New York City. At 1,454 feet (including the roof and antenna), it was the tallest building in the world until the World Trade Center's North Tower was built in 1970. (It is now the 34th tallest.) Opening at the beginning of the Great Depression, most of the offices in the Empire State Building remained unoccupied for years and the observation deck was an equal source of revenue and kept the building profitable.
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