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Bessie Smith 1897 - 1985

Bessie Smith of Independence, Jackson County, Missouri was born on November 17, 1897, and died at age 88 years old in December 1985.
Bessie Smith
Independence, Jackson County, Missouri 64055
November 17, 1897
December 1985
Female
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Bessie Smith's History: 1897 - 1985

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  • 11/17
    1897

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    November 17, 1897
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  • 12/dd
    1985

    Death

    December 1985
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    Bessie Smith lived 16 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 88.
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In 1897, in the year that Bessie Smith was born, in the January 22nd issue of "Engineering", the word "computer" was first used to refer to a mechanical calculation device. Previously - since the 17th century - the term computer meant "one who computes" and referred to human beings who worked with numbers.
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In 1933, at the age of 36 years old, Bessie was alive when on December 5th, the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified. The 21st Amendment said "The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed." Alcohol was legal again! It was the only amendment to the Constitution approved for the explicit purpose of repealing a previously existing amendment. South Carolina was the only state to reject the Amendment.
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