Frederick Arthur Henry Best (1892 - 1949)

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Best John Best

Sarah Ann Pearce Best

Frederick Arthur Henry Best

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Best John Best

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Sarah Ann Pearce Best

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Gloria Jeanne (Banta) Best

Nellie Sutton Family

Sollie Best

Michael Best Jr.

Charles Best

Tina Ray Warnkin-Best

Laurie Best

Brian Scott Best

Erin Sullivan-Best

Daniel Christopher Best

Mina & William Baldauf family

Beth Turner Best

Olive Marguerite Finlay

Allen & Sandy Sponenberg

Allen & Sandy Sponenberg

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In 1892, in the year that Frederick Arthur Henry Best was born, on August 4th, the father and stepmother of Lizzie Borden were found murdered. Lizzie was accused of the crime and on June 20th of the next year, she was acquitted of murder by a jury. But she was never acquitted in the public mind.

In 1914, he was 22 years old when in August, the world's first red and green traffic lights were installed at the corner of East 105th Street and Euclid Avenue in Cleveland Ohio. The electric traffic light had been invented by a policeman in Salt Lake City Utah in 1912.

In 1920, he was 28 years old when in September, a bomb exploded in the J.P. Morgan bank building in New York City, killing 30 people immediately - 8 later died due to their injuries - and injuring another 200. Killing more people than the 1910 bombing of the LA Times (the deadliest terrorist act up until then), no one took responsibility and the perpetrators were never found. Italian anarchists were suspected of the bombing.

In 1932, at the age of 40 years old, Frederick was alive when on February 27th, actress Elizabeth Taylor was born in London. Her parents were Americans living in London and when she was 7, the family moved to Los Angeles. Her first small part in a movie was in There's One Born Every Minute in 1942 but her first starring role was in National Velvet in 1944. She became as famous for her 8 marriages (to 7 people) as she was for her beauty and films.

In 1949, in the year of Frederick Arthur Henry Best's passing, 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."