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Bessie M Smith 1908 - 1994

Bessie M Smith was born on May 5, 1908, and died at age 86 years old in May 1994.
Bessie M Smith
zip code 76024
May 5, 1908
May 1994
Female
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    1908

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    May 5, 1908
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  • 05/dd
    1994

    Death

    May 1994
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    Bessie M Smith lived 13 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 85.
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In 1908, in the year that Bessie M Smith was born, Henry Ford developed the first Model T automobile, often called the Tin Lizzy or flivver. Produced from 1908 through 1927, it first sold for $850 - which made it affordable for every middle class family. Previously, cars were the province of the upper class and the introduction of the Model T and its availability changed U.S. culture. Within days of its release, over 15,000 cars had been ordered.
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In 1927, at the age of 19 years old, Bessie was alive when aviator and media darling Charles Lindbergh, age 25, made the first successful solo TransAtlantic flight. "Lucky Lindy" took off from Long Island in New York and flew to Paris, covering  3,600 statute miles and flying for 33 1⁄2-hours. His plane "The Spirit of St. Louis" was a fabric-covered, single-seat, single-engine "Ryan NYP" high-wing monoplane designed by both Lindbergh and the manufacturer's chief engineer.
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