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Flora R Gottesmann (1917 - 2007)

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Flora R Gottesmann
1917 - 2007
Born
December 15, 1917
Death
May 18, 2007
Last Known Residence
Saint Louis, Saint Louis County, Missouri 63130
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Flora R Gottesmann of Saint Louis, Saint Louis County, Missouri was born on December 15, 1917, and died at age 89 years old on May 18, 2007.
Updated: November 9, 2011
Biography ID: 76162185

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Flora Gottesmann passed away at age 89 years old on May 18, 2007. Flora R Gottesmann of Saint Louis, Saint Louis County, Missouri was born on December 15, 1917.

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Flora R Gottesmann lived 9 years longer than the average Gottesmann family member when she died at the age of 89.
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In 1917, in the year that Flora R Gottesmann was born, Russian government offices were seized and the Romanov's Winter Palace was stormed in the Russian February and October Revolutions. The February revolution resulted in the abdication of Tsar Nicholas and a coalition of the Parliament and workers parties taking control of the government. The October revolution resulted in Lenin and the Bolsheviks taking complete control.

In 1923, Flora was only 6 years old when the Teapot Dome scandal became the subject of an investigation by Senator Walsh and severely damaged the reputation of the Harding administration. Secretary of the Interior Albert Bacon Fall was convicted of accepting bribes from oil companies and became the first Cabinet member to go to prison. At the time, the Teapot Dome scandal was seen as "greatest and most sensational scandal in the history of American politics".

In 1936, she was 19 years old when on November 2nd, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) debuted the world's first regular high-definition television service. The channel had a short schedule - Monday through Saturday, 3:00p to 4:00p and 9:00p to 10:00p. The first broadcast was "Opening of the BBC Television Service".

In 1949, by the time she was 32 years old, comedian Milton Berle hosted the first telethon show. It raised $1,100,000 for cancer research and lasted 16 hours. The next day, newspapers, in writing about the event, first used the word "telethon."

In 1960, she was 43 years old when on September 26th, the first televised debate for a Presidential campaign in the United States - Kennedy vs Nixon - was held. Seventy million people watched the debate on TV. The debate pre-empted the very popular Andy Griffith Show.

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