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Ella Benning (1894 - 1985)

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Ella Benning
1894 - 1985
Born
January 19, 1894
Death
November 1985
Last Known Residence
Orchard Park, Erie County, New York 14127
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Ella Benning of Orchard Park, Erie County, New York was born on January 19, 1894, and died at age 91 years old in November 1985.
Updated: October 3, 2011
Biography ID: 9539691

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Orchard Park, Erie County, New York 14127
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January 19, 1894
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Ella Benning passed away at age 91 years old in November 1985. Ella Benning of Orchard Park, Erie County, New York was born on January 19, 1894.

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Ella Benning lived 18 years longer than the average Benning family member when she died at the age of 91.
The average age of a Benning family member is 73.
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1894 - 1985 World Events

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In 1894, in the year that Ella Benning was born, on March 12th, for the first time, Coca-Cola was sold in individual bottles as a drink for consumer consumption. Previously, it was sold as a syrup for upset stomachs - over the counter.

In 1955, she was 61 years old when in January, President Eisenhower sent direct aid to South Vietnam. In February, U.S. advisors were sent to train troops.

In 1965, she was 71 years old when 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 1979, by the time she was 85 years old, on March 28th, a partial nuclear meltdown occurred at the power plant at Three Mile Island Pennsylvania. Radiation leaked into the environment, resulting in a rating of 5 on a scale of 7 ("Accident With Wider Consequences") . It ended up costing $1 billion to clean up the site.

In 1985, in the year of Ella Benning's passing, in May, a paper published in Nature by three British scientists reported that a huge hole was discovered in the ozone layer over the Antarctic. It was much larger than expected and is due to the use of manmade chemicals.

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