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Sophie Gelin 1899 - 1981

Sophie Gelin of Winnetka, Cook County, Illinois was born on May 18, 1899, and died at age 82 years old in July 1981.
Sophie Gelin
Winnetka, Cook County, Illinois 60093
May 18, 1899
July 1981
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    1899

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    May 18, 1899
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  • 07/dd
    1981

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    July 1981
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In 1899, in the year that Sophie Gelin was born, on February 4th, the Philippine–American War began. The Philippines objected to the Treaty of Paris, signed in 1898, that transferred possession of the Philippines from Spain to the U.S. Filipinos began a fight for independence and fighting between U.S. forces and those of the Philippine Republic broke out. On June 2nd, the Philippines officially declared war on the United States.
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In 1904, by the time she was just 5 years old, the Russo-Japanese war began. The Russian Empire and the Japanese Empire began fighting over the territories of Manchuria and Korea. Russia wanted a warm water port on the Pacific Ocean while Japan feared growing encroachment from Russia into Asia. So the Japan fleet launched a surprise attack on the Russian Navy and a one year war began. President Roosevelt of the United States brokered peace between the two nations. It was the first time in the modern era that an Asian power showed its dominance over a European power.
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