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Joseph T Silka 1920 - 2011

Joseph T Silka of Des Plaines, Cook County, IL was born on July 7, 1920, and died at age 90 years old on May 31, 2011.

Joseph T Silka

Des Plaines, Cook County, IL 60016

July 7, 1920

May 31, 2011

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07/7

1920

Birthday

July 7, 1920

Birthdate

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Birthplace

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Ethnicity & Family History

White, Citizen
Nationality & Locations

Cook County, Illinois United States
Early Life & Education

2 Years Of High School
Military Service

Military serial#: 36000208 Enlisted: November 25, 1940 in Chicago Illinois Military branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, Usa Rank: Private, Selectees (enlisted Men)
Professional Career

Semiskilled Chauffeurs And Drivers, Bus, Taxi, Truck, And Tractor
05/31

2011

Death

May 31, 2011

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Joseph T Silka lived 14 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 90.

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In 1920, in the year that Joseph T Silka was born, 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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In 1933, Joseph was only 13 years old when on December 5th, the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified. The 21st Amendment said "The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed." Alcohol was legal again! It was the only amendment to the Constitution approved for the explicit purpose of repealing a previously existing amendment. South Carolina was the only state to reject the Amendment.

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