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Katherine Silhan 1881 - 1972

Katherine Silhan of Berwyn, Cook County, Illinois was born on November 24, 1881, and died at age 90 years old in July 1972.
Katherine Silhan
Berwyn, Cook County, Illinois 60402
November 24, 1881
July 1972
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    1881

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    November 24, 1881
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    1972

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    July 1972
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In 1881, in the year that Katherine Silhan was born, on November 19th, a meteorite landed a few miles southwest of Odessa, Ukraine. According to one report: "About 7 o'clock one morning a bright and serpentine tail of fire was seen passing over the town by the inhabitants of Odessa, and M. Prendel, editor of one of the Odessa papers, surmising that the phenomenon betokened a fall of meteorites, offered a reward to any person who would bring him one. Three days afterward a gentleman of Grossliebental brought him one which had been found by a peasant who was nearly frightened out of his senses at its fall. It fell beside him while at work in his field and buried itself .55 meters (almost 2 ft) into the ground." The recovered piece was about 17.5 lbs.
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In 1944, Katherine was 63 years old when on December 16th, The Battle of the Bulge began in the Ardennes forest on the Western Front. Lasting for a little over a month, the battle began with a surprise attack by Germany on the Allied forces The U.S. suffered their highest casualties of any operation in World War II - 89,000 were casualties, around 8,600 killed - but Germany also severely depleted their resources and they couldn't be replaced.
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