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Ben Kurgans 1917 - 1998

Ben Kurgans of Wheeling, Cook County, IL was born on February 1, 1917, and died at age 81 years old on May 19, 1998.

Ben Kurgans
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Wheeling, Cook County, IL 60090
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February 1, 1917
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  • 02/1
    1917

    Birthday

    February 1, 1917
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  • Ethnicity & Family History

    White, Citizen

  • Nationality & Locations

    United States

  • Early Life & Education

    4 Years Of High School

  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 36035414 Enlisted: June 9, 1941 in Chicago Illinois Military branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, Usa Rank: Private, Selectees (enlisted Men)

  • Professional Career

    Office Machine Operators
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    1998

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    May 19, 1998
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In 1917, in the year that Ben Kurgans was born, Dutch exotic dancer Mata Hari was convicted and executed as a German spy. Since Mata Hari, born Margaretha Geertruida "Margreet" MacLeod, was a citizen of the Netherlands (which remained neutral in World War 1), she could travel freely in Europe. Her travels (and her romantic entanglements) raised suspicion and she was arrested by the French and found guilty. There is still controversy about her guilt although her name has become synonymous with a seductive female spy.
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In 1960, he was 43 years old when on May 1st, an American CIA U-2 spy plane, piloted by Francis Gary Powers, was shot down by a surface-to-air missile over the Soviet Union. Powers ejected and survived but was captured. The U.S. claimed that the U-2 was a "weather plane" but Powers was convicted in the Soviet Union of espionage. He was released in 1962 after 1 year, 9 months and 10 days in prison.
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