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Bessie Smith 1919 - 1983

Bessie Smith of Lumberton, Robeson County, North Carolina was born on April 21, 1919, and died at age 64 years old in April 1983.
Bessie Smith
Lumberton, Robeson County, North Carolina 28358
April 21, 1919
April 1983
Female
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Bessie Smith's History: 1919 - 1983

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  • 04/21
    1919

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    April 21, 1919
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  • 04/dd
    1983

    Death

    April 1983
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    Bessie Smith lived 9 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 63.
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In 1919, in the year that Bessie Smith was born, in January, Nebraska was the 36th state to ratify the 18th Amendment, making it the law of the land. The 18th Amendment established Prohibition - a law against the production, transport, and sale of alcohol. Private consumption and possession were not prohibited. Several months later, the Volstead Act was passed, creating laws to enforce the Amendment. Bootlegging and bathtub gin followed.
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In 1948, when she was 29 years old, on January 30th, Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in New Delhi by a member of a Hindu nationalist party who thought that Gandhi was too accommodating to Muslims. The man, Nathuram Godse, shot Gandhi 3 times. He died immediately. The shooter was tried, convicted, and hung in November 1949.
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