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Virginia Achten 1897 - 1973

Virginia Achten of Wetmore, Nemaha County, Kansas was born on December 4, 1897, and died at age 75 years old in July 1973.
Virginia Achten
Wetmore, Nemaha County, Kansas 66550
December 4, 1897
July 1973
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Virginia Achten's History: 1897 - 1973

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  • 12/4
    1897

    Birthday

    December 4, 1897
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  • 07/dd
    1973

    Death

    July 1973
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Virginia Achten lived 5 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 75.
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In 1897, in the year that Virginia Achten was born, on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".
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In 1902, at the age of only 5 years old, Virginia was alive when the first Rose Bowl game was played in Pasadena, California. Called the "Tournament East–West football game" at the time, the Michigan Wolverines (East) played the Stanford Indians (West) - the Wolverines won 49 - 0. (The Stanford captain requested an end to the game with 8 minutes remaining.) The Tournament of Roses Parade began in 1890 and the football game began as a way to boost tourism in the area.
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