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Dessa M Downing 1915 - 1999

Dessa M Downing of Flint, Genesee County, MI was born on November 24, 1915, and died at age 83 years old on February 19, 1999.
Dessa M Downing
Flint, Genesee County, MI 48504
November 24, 1915
February 19, 1999
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  • 11/24
    1915

    Birthday

    November 24, 1915
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  • 02/19
    1999

    Death

    February 19, 1999
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    Dessa M Downing lived 10 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 83.
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In 1915, in the year that Dessa M Downing was born, Audrey Munson, playing a model for a sculptor in the film "Inspiration", became the first actress to shed her clothes on screen. Fearing that banning the film would mean that censors would also have to "ban Renaissance art" the film was released, with Munson in the nude scenes and a stand-in doing the acting. (Munson had previously been "America's First Supermodel" and posed nude as the model for many famous artworks.) The film was a hit with audiences.
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In 1931, when this person was 16 years old, in March, “The Star Spangled Banner” officially became the national anthem by congressional resolution. Other songs had previously been used - among them, "My Country, 'Tis of Thee", "God Bless America", and "America the Beautiful". There was fierce debate about making "The Star Spangled Banner" the national anthem - Southerners and veterans organizations supported it, pacifists and educators opposed it.
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