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Augusta Yaw 1900 - 2005

Augusta Yaw of West Falls, Erie County, NY was born on January 22, 1900, and died at age 105 years old on June 20, 2005.
Augusta Yaw
West Falls, Erie County, NY 14170
January 22, 1900
June 20, 2005
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  • 01/22
    1900

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    January 22, 1900
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  • 06/20
    2005

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    June 20, 2005
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    Augusta Yaw lived 33 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 105.
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In 1900, in the year that Augusta Yaw was born, the German physicist Max Planck formulated an energy theory, postulating the existence of "quanta," which lays the groundwork for the quantum theory of modern physics. In December, he introduced a paper on the Planck postulate which stated that E=hv - the energy of a photon is proportional to its frequency times a constant. Planck won a Nobel Prize in 1918 for his work in theoretical Physics.
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In 1915, at the age of only 15 years old, Augusta was alive when the Germans first used poison gas as a weapon at the second Battle of Ypres during World War I. While noxious gases had been used since ancient times, this was the first use of poisonous gas - in this case, lethal chlorine gas - in modern war. Subsequently, the French and British - as well as the United States when they entered World War 1 - developed and used lethal gas in war.
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