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Bessie Smith 1897 - 1982

Bessie Smith of Newport News, Newport News City County, Virginia was born on November 30, 1897, and died at age 84 years old in March 1982.
Bessie Smith
Newport News, Newport News City County, Virginia 23602
November 30, 1897
March 1982
Female
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Bessie Smith's History: 1897 - 1982

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  • 11/30
    1897

    Birthday

    November 30, 1897
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  • 03/dd
    1982

    Death

    March 1982
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Bessie Smith lived 12 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 84.
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In 1897, in the year that Bessie Smith was born, on July 17th, the Klondike Gold Rush began when the first successful prospectors returned to Seattle after mining in the Yukon. They arrived on the ships Excelsior and Portland, bringing vast quantities of gold - over $32,000,000 in today's money - and everyone rushed to become rich in the Yukon.
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In 1929, she was 32 years old when on March 4th, Herbert Hoover became the 31st President of the United States. Early in his presidency, the October stock market crash - "Black Tuesday" - occurred, which lead to the Great Depression. None of his economic policies were able to make a dent in the Depression. This lead to one term and the election of Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt winning the 1933 election in a landslide.
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