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Sylvester Gillis 1899 - 1982

Sylvester Gillis of Hollis, Queens County, NY was born on December 29, 1899 in Kings County, and died at age 82 years old in May 1982.

Sylvester Gillis

Hollis, Queens County, NY 11423

December 29, 1899

Kings County, NY

May 1982

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1899

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December 29, 1899

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Kings County, NY

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1982

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May 1982

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In 1899, in the year that Sylvester Gillis 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 1908, at the age of merely 9 years old, Sylvester was alive when a 7.1 earthquake and the resulting tsunami killed 70,000 to 100,000 people in southern Italy and Sicily. The earthquake, lasting 30 to 40 seconds, occurred in the Strait of Messina which was between the region of Calabria (at the "toe" of Italy) and the island of Sicily and destruction from it occurred in a 186 mile radius. It was the most destructive earthquake ever to hit Europe.

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