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Basil Burns 1904 - 1983

Basil Burns of Buckhannon, Upshur County, West Virginia was born on July 10, 1904, and died at age 79 years old in September 1983.
Basil Burns
Buckhannon, Upshur County, West Virginia 26201
July 10, 1904
September 1983
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  • 07/10
    1904

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    July 10, 1904
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  • 09/dd
    1983

    Death

    September 1983
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    Basil Burns lived 7 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 79.
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In 1904, in the year that Basil Burns was born, the Russo-Japanese war began. The Russian Empire and the Japanese Empire began fighting over the territories of Manchuria and Korea. Russia wanted a warm water port on the Pacific Ocean while Japan feared growing encroachment from Russia into Asia. So the Japan fleet launched a surprise attack on the Russian Navy and a one year war began. President Roosevelt of the United States brokered peace between the two nations. It was the first time in the modern era that an Asian power showed its dominance over a European power.
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In 1920, Basil was 16 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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