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Willie Shanks 1898 - 1966

Willie Shanks of Washington, District of Columbia County, District Of Columbia was born on December 24, 1898, and died at age 67 years old in November 1966.

Willie Shanks

Washington, District of Columbia County, District Of Columbia 20010

December 24, 1898

November 1966

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December 24, 1898

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Willie Shanks lived 5 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 67.

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In 1898, in the year that Willie Shanks was born, on February 15th, the USS Maine exploded and sank in Havana harbor. The reason for the explosion has never been found, but it killed 266 men. "Remember the Maine" became a rallying cry and precipitated the United States' declaration of war on Spain two months later - the beginning of the Spanish-American War. On December 10th, the war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. The Treaty gave the U.S. Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Guam - for $20 million - and, temporarily, Cuba.

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In 1920, he was 22 years old when on January 1, over 6000 people were arrested and put in prison because they were suspected of being communists. . Many had to be released in a few weeks and only 3 guns were found in their homes. The U.S. Department of Justice "red hunt" netted thousands of "radicals" and suspected "communists" and aliens were deported. But the "hunt" ended after Attorney General Palmer forecast a massive radical uprising on May Day and the day passed without incident.

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