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Gaetana Calcese 1888 - 1978

Gaetana Calcese of Melrose Park, Cook County, Illinois was born on September 6, 1888, and died at age 89 years old in February 1978.
Gaetana Calcese
Melrose Park, Cook County, Illinois 60161
September 6, 1888
February 1978
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  • 09/6
    1888

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    September 6, 1888
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  • 02/dd
    1978

    Death

    February 1978
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    Gaetana Calcese lived 14 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 89.
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In 1888, in the year that Gaetana Calcese was born, on August 7th, the body of a prostitute was found in the Whitechapel section of London. Martha Tabram had been stabbed 39 times - a possible but not confirmed victim of Jack the Ripper. On August 31st, the body of Mary Ann Nichols was found - stabbed and mutilated. On September 8th, the body of Annie Chapman was found - throat slit and disemboweled. On September 30th, Elizabeth Stride, also a prostitute in Whitechapel, was found dead from a slit throat. Within an hour, another body was discovered - Catherine Eddowes'. She was far more savagely murdered and it is thought that the Ripper had more time with her. Then, on November 9th, the body of prostitute Mary Jane Kelly was found in a boarding room in Whitechapel. Considered to be the probable fifth, and last, of Jack the Ripper's victims, Kelly's was the most savage of his murders.
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In 1937, at the age of 49 years old, Gaetana was alive when on May 28th, the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge opened to cars. Taking 5 years to build, the 4,200-foot-long suspension bridge was an engineering marvel of its time - 11 men died during construction. The "international orange" color was chosen because it resisted rust and fading. To the present, it is the symbol of the City that is known throughout the world.
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