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Sylvester Popke 1904 - 1970

Sylvester Popke of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois was born on September 27, 1904, and died at age 65 years old in April 1970.

Sylvester Popke
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Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 60614
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In 1904, in the year that Sylvester Popke was born, 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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In 1925, Sylvester was 21 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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Popke, Howard (Dec 15, 1928 - Aug 30, 2009) Popke, Henrietta (Aug 30, 1896 - Feb 1985) Popke, Arthur (Jan 17, 1906 - Dec 1982) Popke, Harold (Oct 2, 1929 - Feb 17, 2010) Popke, Susan (Jul 2, 1954 - Jul 17, 2001) Popke, Charles (Sep 25, 1896 - Jan 1970) Popke, Anna (Sep 16, 1902 - Jan 24, 1979) Popke, Frederick (Sep 10, 1936 - Jan 16, 2008) Popke, Rose (Aug 4, 1903 - Nov 24, 1990) Popke, Gustave (Nov 30, 1893 - Sep 1971)
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