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Bessie Makekau 1885 - 1968

Bessie Makekau of Hoolehua, Maui County, Hawaii was born on August 2, 1885, and died at age 83 years old in September 1968.
Bessie Makekau
Hoolehua, Maui County, Hawaii 96729
August 2, 1885
September 1968
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    1885

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    August 2, 1885
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    1968

    Death

    September 1968
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    Bessie Makekau lived 20 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 83.
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In 1885, in the year that Bessie Makekau was born, on February 16th, the first Dow Jones Industrial Average was published by Charles Dow, who also founded the Wall Street Journal. The index was 62.76. It represented 12 stocks - American Cotton Oil, American Sugar, American Tobacco, Chicago Gas, Distilling & Cattle Feeding, General Electric, Laclede Gas, National Lead, North American, Tennessee Coal and Iron, U.S. Leather pfd. and U.S. Rubber.
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In 1898, Bessie was just 13 years old when on February 15th, the USS Maine exploded and sank in Havana harbor. The reason for the explosion has never been found, but it killed 266 men. "Remember the Maine" became a rallying cry and precipitated the United States' declaration of war on Spain two months later - the beginning of the Spanish-American War. On December 10th, the war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. The Treaty gave the U.S. Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Guam - for $20 million - and, temporarily, Cuba.
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