Brief Life History of Sylvester John
When Sylvester John Wagasky was born on 19 March 1918, in Charles City, Floyd, Iowa, United States, his father, John A. Wagasky, was 25 and his mother, Edith Kollar, was 26. He married Frances Elizabeth Bothwell on 9 July 1945, in Smith, Texas, United States. He lived in Wisconsin Township, Jackson, Minnesota, United States in 1920 and Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States for about 10 years. He died on 2 November 2008, in Hillsborough, Florida, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, United States.
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- Sylvester Vagasky in household of John Vagasky, "United States Census, 1920"
- Sylvester John Wagasky, "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939"
- Sylvester J Wagasky, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
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1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
1920 · Cleveland Museum of Natural History
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History was established by Cyrus S. Eaton as a way to research and educate others in anthropology, archaeology, astronomy, botany, geology, paleontology, biology, and zoology. The first curator of the museum was Donald Johanson, the discoverer of Lucy.
1942 · The Japanese American internment
Caused by the tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan, the internment of Japanese Americans caused many to be forced out of their homes and forcibly relocated into concentration camps in the western states. More than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps in fear that some of them were spies for Japan.
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Variant spelling of Silvester .
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