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Florence Bowman
(1901 - 1976)
updated February 06, 2019
Florence Bowman was born on July 12, 1901. She died in June 1976 at age 74. We know that Florence Bowman had been residing in Kent, King County, Washington 98031.
Florence Bowman Biography
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Florence Bowman
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Florence Bowman lived
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Florence Bowman Obituary
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Florence Bowman passed away in June 1976 at 74 years old. She was born on July 12, 1901. We are unaware of information about Florence's family or relationships. We know that Florence Bowman had been residing in Kent, King County, Washington 98031.
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1901 - 1976 World Events
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In 1901, in the year that Florence Bowman was born, the first Nobel Prizes were awarded. Chemist and engineer Alfred Nobel, who died in 1896, had provided in his will for prizes in physics, chemistry, and physiology or medicine, who have produced the most distinguished literary work of an idealist tendency, and who have contributed the most toward world peace. The winners in 1901 were: Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen for physics, Jacobus Henricus van't Hoff for chemistry, Emil Adolf von Behring for physiology or medicine, Sully Prudhomme for literature, and Jean Henry Dunant and Frédéric Passy for peace.
In 1917, by the time she was 16 years old, it is believed that a worldwide influenza pandemic began in Asia. By 1920, it is estimated that 50 - 100 million died throughout the world (3 - 5% of the population). In the U.S. alone, 500,000 perished from what came to be called the Spanish Flu or the 1918 flu.
In 1925, Florence was 24 years old when gangster Al "Scarface" Capone took over the Chicago bootlegging racket at age 26. Previously right hand man to boss Johnny Torrio, Capone took over when Torrio was shot and severely injured and decided to resign. The bootlegging and brothel organization was massive and when asked what he did, Capone often replied "I am just a businessman, giving the people what they want".
In 1942, at the age of 41 years old, Florence was alive when due to World War II, automobile production in the United States was stopped on February 1st. A tire rationing program had begun the month before. Detroit - the main hub of car manufacturing - was ordered to free up assembly lines for military production. The president of the Automobile Manufacturers Association said “The automotive industry is in this war all the way". Some dealerships had to close and others expanded their repair shops. The used car market boomed (as did a black market in used cars).
In 1976, in the year of Florence Bowman's passing, on August 4th, a mysterious illness struck an American Legion convention in Philadelphia. Within a week, 25 people had died and 130 people had been hospitalized. It was the first known instance of what came to be called "Legionnaires Disease."
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1890 - 1968
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1880 - 1965
1891 - 1960
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Sep 5, 1918 - May 14, 2003
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Apr 13, 1911 - Dec 19, 1989
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Oct 14, 1909 - November 1951
Aug 9, 1914 - February 1976
Apr 22, 1896 - November 1978
Aug 10, 1894 - September 1972
Jul 4, 1915 - April 1986
Nov 1, 1911 - Apr 16, 1999
Feb 18, 1911 - April 1981
Sep 23, 1885 - December 1978
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Sep 3, 1931 - Sep 19, 2008
Jan 13, 1906 - October 1966
Mar 25, 1916 - Sep 8, 2005
Jun 3, 1943 - Dec 25, 2003
Aug 11, 1942 - Apr 25, 2008
Mar 17, 1943 - Nov 14, 1996
Apr 10, 1942 - Jan 8, 2009
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