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Joseph Gorke 1898 - 1976

Joseph Gorke of Florissant, Saint Louis County, Missouri was born on December 7, 1898, and died at age 77 years old in November 1976.
Joseph Gorke
Florissant, Saint Louis County, Missouri 63031
December 7, 1898
November 1976
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  • 12/7
    1898

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    December 7, 1898
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  • 11/dd
    1976

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    November 1976
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    Joseph Gorke lived 5 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 77.
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In 1898, in the year that Joseph Gorke was born, on February 15th, the USS Maine exploded and sank in Havana harbor. The reason for the explosion has never been found, but it killed 266 men. "Remember the Maine" became a rallying cry and precipitated the United States' declaration of war on Spain two months later - the beginning of the Spanish-American War. On December 10th, the war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. The Treaty gave the U.S. Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Guam - for $20 million - and, temporarily, Cuba.
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In 1900, when he was just 2 years old, a massive hurricane, known as the Great Galveston hurricane, hit Galveston Texas. Winds hit up to 145 miles an hour (category 4) and it remains the single most deadly event in U.S. history. Between 6,000 and 12,000 died (most estimates are around 8,000 dead). The population of Galveston at the time was about 36,000 people in 1900.
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