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Vina Hess 1895 - 1985

Vina Hess (1895 - 1985)
Full legal name
Vina Hess
Last Known Residence
Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire 03820
Born
September 10, 1895
Death
February 1985
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Vina Hess of Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire was born on September 10, 1895, and died at age 89 years old in February 1985.

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Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire 03820
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September 10, 1895
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Vina Hess passed away at age 89 years old in February 1985. Vina Hess of Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire was born on September 10, 1895.

Average Age & Life Expectancy

Vina Hess lived 15 years longer than the average Hess family member when she died at the age of 89.
The average age of a Hess family member is 74.
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1895 - 1985 World Events

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In 1895, in the year that Vina Hess was born, on September 3rd, in Latrobe, PA, the first professional football game was played. The game was between the Latrobe YMCA and the Jeannette Athletic Club. Latrobe won 12 - 0.

In 1956, she was 61 years old when this was the year that the King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley, became an international sensation. He began the year as a regional favorite and ended the year with 17 recordings having been on the Billboard’s Top 100 singles chart, 11 TV appearances, and a movie. Elvis scandalized adults and thrilled teens.

In 1968, when she was 73 years old, on January 31st, the North Vietnamese launched the Tet Offensive, a turning point in the Vietnam War. 70,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces swarmed into South Vietnam. The South Vietnamese and US troops held off the offensive but it was such fierce fighting that the U.S. public began to turn against the war.

In 1973, she was 78 years old when in October, Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned - President Nixon nominated Gerald Ford for Vice President. Nixon's tax returns came under investigation. Nixon offered the recently discovered Oval Office tapes be heard by one person and summarized - his offer was rejected by the Special Prosecutor. Nixon ordered the Attorney General, then the assistant Attorney General, to fire the Special Prosecutor. Both refused and were fired. The Solicitor General became the acting Attorney General and fired the Special Prosecutor (the Saturday Night Massacre). Nixon releases some of the tapes, under extreme pressure because of the firings.

In 1985, in the year of Vina Hess's passing, on March 7th, the song "We Are the World" was released as a charity effort to alleviate the African famine. The song was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, and produced by Quincy Jones. They were joined by 37 other famous singers in the recording studio and a phenomena had begun

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