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Bessie R Smith 1903 - 1993

Bessie R Smith of Manchester, Clay County, KY was born on February 27, 1903, and died at age 90 years old on December 16, 1993.
Bessie R Smith
Manchester, Clay County, KY 40962
February 27, 1903
December 16, 1993
Female
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  • 02/27
    1903

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    February 27, 1903
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  • 12/16
    1993

    Death

    December 16, 1993
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    Bessie R Smith lived 18 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 90.
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In 1903, in the year that Bessie R Smith was born, two brothers, Orville and Wilbur Wright, flew the first powered heavier-than-air plane. They flew 4 times in one day - the longest flight lasting 59 seconds and a little over 852 feet. While the brothers had notified several newspapers of their attempt, only one - a local paper - covered it. After their 4th flight, a gust of wind caught the plane, turned it over, and totaled it.
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In 1918, by the time she was only 15 years old, on November 1, an elevated train on the Brooklyn line of the subway - driven by an inexperienced operator because of a strike - tried to navigate a turn at 30mph. The limit on the curve was 6 mph. The 2nd and 3rd cars of the 5 car wooden train were badly damaged and at least 93 people were killed, making it the deadliest crash in New York subway history.
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