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Joseph Gercke 1888 - 1967

Joseph Gercke of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA was born on April 11, 1888, and died at age 79 years old in July 1967.
Joseph Gercke
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA 19135
April 11, 1888
July 1967
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    1888

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    April 11, 1888
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  • 07/dd
    1967

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    July 1967
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In 1888, in the year that Joseph Gercke was born, on July 25th, a court stenographer from Salt Lake City - Frank Edward McGurrin - decisively beat the competition in a typing contest in Ohio. He was supposedly the only person who used touch typing and is believed to have invented the method. Touch typing is ubiquitous now - but Frank's win is what convinced everyone that the method was good!
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In 1891, Joseph was just 3 years old when James Naismith, at the Springfield Massachusetts YMCA, invented the game of basketball. Originally using two peach baskets and a soccer ball, he created the game to keep his students active during the long, harsh New England winters.
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