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William Bess 1901 - 1975

William Bess of Boston, Suffolk County, MA was born on September 20, 1901, and died at age 73 years old in July 1975.
William Bess
Boston, Suffolk County, MA 02124
September 20, 1901
July 1975
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William Bess' History: 1901 - 1975

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  • 09/20
    1901

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    September 20, 1901
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  • 07/dd
    1975

    Death

    July 1975
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    William Bess lived 3 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 73.
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In 1901, in the year that William Bess was born, the first Nobel Prizes were awarded. Chemist and engineer Alfred Nobel, who died in 1896, had provided in his will for prizes in physics, chemistry, and physiology or medicine, who have produced the most distinguished literary work of an idealist tendency, and who have contributed the most toward world peace. The winners in 1901 were: Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen for physics, Jacobus Henricus van't Hoff for chemistry, Emil Adolf von Behring for physiology or medicine, Sully Prudhomme for literature, and Jean Henry Dunant and Frédéric Passy for peace.
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In 1920, at the age of 19 years old, William was alive 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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