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Bessie M Rakes 1911 - 1994

Bessie M Rakes of Encino, Los Angeles County, CA was born on December 14, 1911, and died at age 82 years old on August 30, 1994.

Bessie M Rakes
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Encino, Los Angeles County, CA 91316
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December 14, 1911
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Updated: November 11, 2011
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In 1911, in the year that Bessie M Rakes was born, the first Indianapolis 500 was run in May. Ray Harroun was the winner - he was an engineer and had retired from racing but he came back for this race. After the race, he retired for good. The purse was $27,550 - the largest offered up to that time - and Harroun received $10,000 for first place. His average time was 74.602 mph.
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In 1924, when she was just 13 years old, in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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