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Bessie M Smith 1905 - 1993

Bessie M Smith of Port Gibson, Claiborne County, MS was born on November 27, 1905, and died at age 88 years old on December 14, 1993.
Bessie M Smith
Port Gibson, Claiborne County, MS 39150
November 27, 1905
December 14, 1993
Female
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Bessie M Smith's History: 1905 - 1993

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  • 11/27
    1905

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    November 27, 1905
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  • 12/14
    1993

    Death

    December 14, 1993
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    Bessie M Smith lived 16 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 88.
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In 1905, in the year that Bessie M Smith was born, 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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In 1927, at the age of 22 years old, Bessie was alive when in September, the Columbia Broadcasting System (later called CBS) became the second national radio network in the U.S. The first broadcast was a presentation by the Howard Barlow Orchestra from radio station WOR in Newark, New Jersey.
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