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Bessie Smith 1898 - 1981

Bessie Smith of Goldsboro, Wayne County, North Carolina was born on March 22, 1898, and died at age 83 years old in June 1981.
Bessie Smith
Goldsboro, Wayne County, North Carolina 27530
March 22, 1898
June 1981
Female
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    1898

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    March 22, 1898
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  • 06/dd
    1981

    Death

    June 1981
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    Bessie Smith lived 11 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 83.
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In 1898, in the year that Bessie Smith was born, 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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In 1943, she was 45 years old when on March 31st, the Broadway musical Oklahoma! opened. Written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II (the first of their string of successful collaborations), audiences loved it. The musical ran for 2,212 performances originally and was made into a movie in 1954.
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