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Opal P Cates 1916 - 1998

Opal P Cates of Bakersfield, Kern County, CA was born on November 13, 1916, and died at age 81 years old on September 3, 1998.
Opal P Cates
Bakersfield, Kern County, CA 93309
November 13, 1916
September 3, 1998
Female
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  • 11/13
    1916

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    November 13, 1916
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  • 09/3
    1998

    Death

    September 3, 1998
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    Opal P Cates lived 9 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 81.
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In 1916, in the year that Opal P Cates was born, the Battle of Verdun was fought from February through December. It was the largest and longest battle of World War I, lasting 303 days. The original estimates were 714,231 casualties - 377,231 French and 337,000 German, an average of 70,000 casualties a month. Current estimates are even larger. The Battle of the Somme was also fought from July through September of the same year. Original estimates were 485,000 British and French casualties and 630,000 German casualties.
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In 1925, at the age of only 9 years old, Opal was alive 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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