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Bessie Smith 1911 - 1987

Bessie Smith of Pontiac, Livingston County, Illinois was born on August 22, 1911, and died at age 75 years old in May 1987.
Bessie Smith
Pontiac, Livingston County, Illinois 61764
August 22, 1911
May 1987
Female
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  • 08/22
    1911

    Birthday

    August 22, 1911
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  • 05/dd
    1987

    Death

    May 1987
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    Bessie Smith lived 3 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 75.
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In 1911, in the year that Bessie Smith was born, British physicist Ernest Rutherford (born in New Zealand), along with German physicist Hans Geiger, discovered the structure of an atom. He found that atoms had nuclei (a nucleus) and were circled by electrons, much as planets orbit the sun.
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In 1945, she was 34 years old when on February 19th, US Marines landed on the island of Iwo Jima and the Battle of Iwo Jima began. Lasting 5 weeks, it was some of the bloodiest and fiercest fighting in the Pacific theater during World War II. The occupying Japanese forces were heavily armed and there were 21,000 Japanese soldiers on the island at the beginning of the battle. Only 216 Japanese soldiers were captured afterwards - the rest had been killed in action or committed suicide. 6,800 American soldiers died but the Americans took control of the island.
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