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John Raftery 1899 - 1970

John Raftery of Baldwin, Nassau County, NY was born on December 10, 1899 in Kings County, and died at age 70 years old in May 1970.
John Raftery
Baldwin, Nassau County, NY 11510
December 10, 1899
Kings County, NY
May 1970
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  • 12/10
    1899

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    December 10, 1899
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    Kings County, NY
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  • 05/dd
    1970

    Death

    May 1970
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    Cause of death
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    John Raftery lived 4 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 70.
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In 1899, in the year that John Raftery was born, on February 4th, the Philippine–American War began. The Philippines objected to the Treaty of Paris, signed in 1898, that transferred possession of the Philippines from Spain to the U.S. Filipinos began a fight for independence and fighting between U.S. forces and those of the Philippine Republic broke out. On June 2nd, the Philippines officially declared war on the United States.
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In 1925, he was 26 years old when in July, the Scopes Trial - often called the Scopes Monkey Trial - took place, prosecuting a substitute teacher for teaching evolution in school. Tennessee had enacted a law that said it was "unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school". William Jennings Bryan headed the prosecution and Clarence Darrow headed the defense. The teacher was found guilty and fined $100. An appeal to the Supreme Court of Tennessee upheld the law but overturned the guilty verdict.
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