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Charles Spirk
(1878 - 1978)
updated February 06, 2019
Charles Spirk was born on February 17, 1878. He died in March 1978 at age 100. We know that Charles Spirk had been residing in Seattle, King County, Washington 98104.
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Charles Spirk passed away in March 1978 at age 100. He was born on February 17, 1878. There is no information about Charles's family or relationships. We know that Charles Spirk had been residing in Seattle, King County, Washington 98104.
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1878 - 1978 World Events
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In 1878, in the year that Charles Spirk was born, on September 12th, Cleopatra's Needle, built in Egypt in 1450 B.C. and transported to England, was erected in London. It had arrived in England on January 21st, having been towed by boat.
In 1921, when he was 43 years old, on March 4, Warren G. Harding became President. Previously a U.S. Senator, Lieutenant Governor, and Ohio State Senator, Harding was a popular President. But many scandals plagued his short administration (he died in office after 2 and a half years), including the revelations of one of his mistresses and the Teapot Dome scandal. Historically, Harding is rated as one of the worst Presidents.
In 1935, by the time he was 57 years old, the BOI's name (the Bureau of Investigation) was changed to the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) and it officially became a separate agency with the Department of Justice. J. Edgar Hoover, the Chief of the BOI, continued in his office and became the first Director of the FBI. The FBI's responsibility is to "detect and prosecute crimes against the United States".
In 1965, he was 87 years old when the television show "I Spy" premiered in the fall season on NBC. The stars were Bill Cosby and Robert Culp, making Cosby the first African American to headline a television show. Four stations - in Georgia, Florida, and Alabama - refused to air the show.
In 1978, in the year of Charles Spirk's passing, on November 18th, Jim Jones's Peoples Temple followers committed mass suicide in Jonestown, Guyana - where they had moved, from San Francisco, as a group. Jones was the leader of the cult and ordered his followers to drink cyanide-laced punch, which they did. Whole families (women and children included) died - more than 900 people in all.
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around 1969 - Unknown
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