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Opal Satterfield (1903 - 1972)

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Opal Satterfield
1903 - 1972
Born
September 26, 1903
Death
November 1972
Last Known Residence
Prophetstown, Whiteside County, Illinois 61277
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Opal Satterfield of Prophetstown, Whiteside County, Illinois was born on September 26, 1903, and died at age 69 years old in November 1972.
Updated: November 2, 2011
Biography ID: 49786981

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Opal Satterfield passed away at age 69 years old in November 1972. Opal Satterfield of Prophetstown, Whiteside County, Illinois was born on September 26, 1903.

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Opal Satterfield lived 3 years shorter than the average Satterfield family member when she died at the age of 69.
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1903 - 1972 World Events

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In 1903, in the year that Opal Satterfield was born, the Harley-Davidson Motor Company was begun by two childhood friends, William Harley and Arthur Davidson - with help from Arthur's brother, Walter. Their first prototype - a "motor-bicycle" - couldn't climb hills without also pedaling, so they went back to the drawing board, and in 1904 their new version came in 4th in a race. Harley-Davidson and Indian Motorcycle Manufacturing Company were the only two major motorcycle companies to survive the Great Depression.

In 1917, when she was only 14 years old, Russian government offices were seized and the Romanov's Winter Palace was stormed in the Russian February and October Revolutions. The February revolution resulted in the abdication of Tsar Nicholas and a coalition of the Parliament and workers parties taking control of the government. The October revolution resulted in Lenin and the Bolsheviks taking complete control.

In 1940, at the age of 37 years old, Opal was alive when in July, Billboard published its first Music Popularity Chart. Top recordings of the year were Tommy Dorsey's "I'll Never Smile Again" (vocal Frank Sinatra) - 12 weeks at the top, Bing Crosby's "Only Forever" - 9 weeks at the top, and Artie Shaw's "Frenesi" - 12 weeks at the top.

In 1956, she was 53 years old when on May 20th, the U.S. tested the first hydrogen bomb dropped from a plane over Bikini Atoll. Previously, hydrogen bombs had only been tested on the ground. The Atomic Age moved forward.

In 1972, in the year of Opal Satterfield's passing, on June 17th, 5 men were arrested by police in an attempt to bug the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington D.C.’s Watergate hotel. The burglars were found to be paid by cash from a slush fund used by the Committee for the Re-Election of the President - the official organization of President Nixon's campaign.

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