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Bessie Smith 1920 - 1987

Bessie Smith of Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky was born on April 19, 1920, and died at age 66 years old in February 1987.
Bessie Smith
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky 40211
April 19, 1920
February 1987
Female
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    1920

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    April 19, 1920
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  • 02/dd
    1987

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    February 1987
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    Bessie Smith lived 6 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 66.
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In 1920, in the year that Bessie Smith was born, the National Football League, first called the American Professional Football Association, was created. College football was more popular than pro football and rising player salaries were bankrupting league owners. In response, owners created the NFL, using the pro baseball association as a model. Eleven teams were formed: the Akron Pros, Canton Bulldogs, Cleveland Indians, Dayton Triangles, Decatur Staleys, Hammond Pros, Massillon Tigers, Muncie Flyers, Racine Cardinals, Rochester Jeffersons and Rock Island Independents.
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In 1948, when she was 28 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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