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Sam Kochek
(1890 - 1981)
updated February 06, 2019
Sam Kochek was born on April 7, 1890. He died in May 1981 at 91 years of age. We know that Sam Kochek had been residing in Kerhonkson, Ulster County, New York 12446.
Sam Kochek Biography
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Sam Kochek died in May 1981 at 91 years old. He was born on April 7, 1890. We have no information about Sam's family or relationships. We know that Sam Kochek had been residing in Kerhonkson, Ulster County, New York 12446.
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1890 - 1981 World Events
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In 1890, in the year that Sam Kochek was born, on June 1st, the U.S. Census Bureau started tabulating census returns with punch cards. Herman Hollerith's "tabulating machine" used punch cards to more quickly compute census information, taking the time to get census results from 8 years in 1880 to 6 years for the 1890 census. Hollerith's company eventually became IBM.
In 1912, at the age of 22 years old, Sam was alive when the Girl Scouts of the USA was started by Juliette Gordon Low with the help of Sir Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of Boy Scouts in Great Britain. She said after a meeting with Baden-Powell, "I've got something for the girls of Savannah, and all of America, and all the world, and we're going to start it tonight!" And she did.
In 1967, he was 77 years old when on November 7th, President Johnson signed legislation passed by Congress that created the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which would later become PBS and NPR. The legislation required CPB to operate with a "strict adherence to objectivity and balance in all programs or series of programs of a controversial nature".
In 1973, by the time he was 83 years old, on January 28th, the Paris Peace Accord was signed - supposedly ending the Vietnam War. Hostilities continued between North and South Vietnam and the U.S. continued to bomb. But by August 15, 1973, 95% of American troops had left Vietnam. The war ended in 1975 with the fall of Saigon.
In 1981, in the year of Sam Kochek's passing, on January 20th, Ronald Reagan became the 40th President of the United States. He ran against the incumbent, Jimmy Carter, and won 50.7% of the popular vote to Carter's 41.0%.
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Jul 18, 1896 - May 1986
Aug 13, 1903 - Feb 16, 1988
Sep 20, 1905 - March 1984
Mar 8, 1906 - Jun 18, 1998
Nov 26, 1891 - September 1976
Oct 15, 1890 - August 1964
Apr 22, 1916 - Feb 25, 1998
Sep 20, 1997 - Mar 25, 2006
around 1954 - Unknown
around 1951 - Unknown
around 1938 - Aug 12, 1947
Unknown - Unknown
Dec 31, 1969 - Feb 9, 1945
around 1918 - Unknown
around 1916 - Unknown
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Oct 13, 1929 - December 1981
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Aug 25, 1906 - March 1966
Apr 3, 1897 - July 1972
May 2, 1906 - Sep 9, 1988
Oct 7, 1940 - Nov 9, 2009
Aug 24, 1893 - June 1985
Jun 26, 1913 - Mar 4, 1997
May 25, 1908 - Jun 18, 2000
Apr 28, 1897 - August 1970
Oct 12, 1939 - Aug 22, 2003
Jun 22, 1906 - Jun 15, 1988
Nov 9, 1895 - July 1982
Feb 13, 1914 - May 7, 2002
Nov 24, 1925 - September 1983
May 7, 1909 - May 1976
Jun 27, 1893 - May 1960
Nov 17, 1939 - Jul 31, 2008
Dec 5, 1937 - Dec 5, 1992
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