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Sonya Burns 1918 - 2000

Sonya Burns of Chicago, Cook County, IL was born on December 29, 1918, and died at age 81 years old on July 12, 2000.
Sonya Burns
Chicago, Cook County, IL 60615
December 29, 1918
July 12, 2000
Female
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  • 12/29
    1918

    Birthday

    December 29, 1918
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  • 07/12
    2000

    Death

    July 12, 2000
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    Sonya Burns lived 9 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 81.
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In 1918, in the year that Sonya Burns was born, in January, President Wilson presented his Fourteen Points, which assured citizens that World War I was being fought for a moral cause and outlined a plan for postwar peace in Europe. The only leader of the Allies to present such a plan, the Europeans thought Wilson was being too idealistic. The points included free trade, open agreements, democracy and self-determination. They were based on the research and suggestions of 150 advisors.
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In 1925, she was merely 7 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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