Constance Benning (1908 - 1987)

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Genette & Evalyn Benning

Joyce Benning

The Beard Family

Joyce Benning

George and Lois Benning

George Benning, Arthur Wilson, David MacBeth, Robert MacBeth

Lois Benning

Joyce Benning

Connie Tasker Benning

William J Benning Family

Benning Family

George Lawrence Benning, Bremerton, WA

George & Lois Benning, Portland, Oregon

Constance Tasker & George Benning, 1929 marriage license

Wilson Family Three Generations

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Daniel Pinna

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Grandma - today is 01/28/2019 and you passed away 32 years ago. Wow I was six years old and remember you so well. I wish I had the opportunity to know you as an adult. Thanks to a recent lunch with Pammy I know some of the highlights of your life married to your 3rd husband d'Albert and your time in San Jose & Santa Cruz, Washington, and Anchorage Alaska.

Jan 28, 2019 · Reply

Daniel Pinna

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Great-grandma, or "GG" as I called her, was a free spirit & strong woman. I would take walks with her every day.

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In 1908, in the year that Constance Benning was born, President Theodore Roosevelt held the White House Conservation Conference, which lead to the establishment of the National Conservation Commission. Preparing the first inventory of the United State's natural resources, the commission was divided into four parts: water, forests, lands, and minerals.

In 1928, when she was 20 years old, aviatrix Amelia Earhart, age 31, became the first woman to fly solo across North America and back in August. In June, she had been part of a 3 man crew that flew the Atlantic Ocean but since she had no instrument training, she couldn't fly the plane - she kept the flight log. The North American flight became one of her many "firsts" as a female pilot.

In 1965, when she was 57 years old, on March 8th, the first US combat troops arrived in Vietnam. The 3500 Marines joined 23,000 "advisors" already in South Vietnam. By the end of the year, 190,000 American soldiers were in the country.

In 1972, she was 64 years old when on September 5th, the Palestinian terrorist group Black September, with the assistance of German neo-nazis, kidnapped and killed 11 Israeli athletes at the Olympic Games in Munich. The attackers crept into the Olympic Village and abducted the athletes while they were sleeping. A German policeman was also killed.

In 1987, in the year of Constance Benning's passing, on October 19th, stock exchanges around the world crashed. Beginning in Hong Kong then spreading to Europe, the crash then hit the United States. It was called Black Monday. The Dow Jones fell 508 points to 1,738.74 (22.61%).