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Modesta Henderson 1902 - 1974

Modesta Henderson of Lamesa, Dawson County, Texas was born on July 24, 1902, and died at age 72 years old in November 1974.
Modesta Henderson
Lamesa, Dawson County, Texas 79331
July 24, 1902
November 1974
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  • 07/24
    1902

    Birthday

    July 24, 1902
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  • 11/dd
    1974

    Death

    November 1974
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Modesta Henderson lived 1 year longer than the average family member when died at the age of 72.
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In 1902, in the year that Modesta Henderson was born, the world famous Italian tenor, Enrico Caruso, made the first gramophone recording by a popular singer. Accompanied by only a piano, his voice recordings became a big seller and did much to popularize the new-fangled gramophone. He had to sing into a metal "horn" that relayed his voice to a metal disc. And the songs had to be under 4 and a half minutes!
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In 1920, Modesta was 18 years old when on November 2, radio station KDKA began broadcasting in Pittsburgh, PA. This was the first commercial radio broadcast in the United States. Westinghouse, a leading manufacturer of radios and the backer of the station, chose the date because of the Presidential election. People liked it because they could hear about the results of the election between Harding and Cox before the morning papers arrived. Four years later, there were 600 commercial stations broadcasting in the U.S.
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