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Blanche Byrd 1915 - 2007

Blanche Byrd of Kiowa, Elbert County, CO was born on July 18, 1915, and died at age 91 years old on April 1, 2007.
Blanche Byrd
Kiowa, Elbert County, CO 80117
July 18, 1915
April 1, 2007
Female
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  • 07/18
    1915

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    July 18, 1915
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  • 04/1
    2007

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    April 1, 2007
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    Blanche Byrd lived 21 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 91.
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In 1915, in the year that Blanche Byrd was born, 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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In 1943, at the age of 28 years old, Blanche was alive when on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.
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