1920 Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts
Name: Henry Kovak
[Henry Korak]
Age: 7
Birth Year: abt 1913
BirthPlace: Connecticut
Home in 1920: Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Henry Kovak
Father's BirthPlace: Austria
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Kovak
Mother's BirthPlace: Austria
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Household Members:
Name Age
Henry Kovak 38
Elizabeth Kovak 35
Margaret Kovak 13
Elizabeth Kovak 11
Henry Kovak 7
Esther Kovak 6
Marion Kovak 2
[2 11/ 12]
Dorothy Kovak 1
[1 2/ 12]
John Techade 23
1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)
1930 Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts
Name: Henry Korch
event: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
birthPlace: Connecticut
estimated Birth Year: 1913
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
father's birthPlace: Czechoslovakia
mother's birthPlace: Czechoslovakia
enumeration district number: 0293
family number: 750
Sheet Number and Letter: 31B
Line Number: 89
nara publication: T626, roll 966
Film Number: 2340701
Digital Folder Number: 4607702
Image Number: 00865
Household Gender Age Birthplace
head Henry Korch M 49 Czechoslovakia
wife Elizabeth Korch F 45 Czechoslovakia
daughter Margaret Korch F 23 Connecticut
daughter Elizabeth Korch F 21 Connecticut
son Henry Korch M 17 Connecticut
daughter Esther Korch F 15 Connecticut
daughter Marion Korch F 13 Massachusetts
daughter Dorothy Korch F 11 Massachusetts
1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)
1940 Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts
Ash Street
Korch Henry E, head, 59, b. Austria, weaver, woolen mill, $440
Korch Elizabeth, wife, 55, b. Austria, language spoken - Slavish, mother of 6 children
Korch Henry J, son, 27, b. MA, helper, farm
Korch Edward J, 43, b. MA, weaver, woolen mill, $331
Korch Mary, wife, 39, b. MA
Korch Edward Jr., son, 19, b. MA, shoemaker, $416
Korch Alan, son, 16, b. MA, shoemaker, $338
1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
1940 - Missing From Hospital
Police were asked last night to assist in locating Henry Korch, 28, who was reported missing from the Worcester State Hospital.
Worcester Daily Telegram
Worcester, Massachusetts
December 11, 1940
The microwave oven was invented accidentally in 1945 by Percy Spencer, a Raytheon engineer. While testing a magnetron, he noticed microwaves melted a candy bar in his pocket. Experimenting further, he discovered microwaves could cook food quickly. Raytheon patented the process, and by 1947, they built the first commercial microwave oven, called the 'Radarange.' Initially used in commercial settings, microwaves becomes affordable for home use by the 1960s and 1970s, revolutionizing cooking.
1962 - The Cuban Missile Crisis was a tense 13-day standoff in October 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union over the installation of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles from the U.S. coast. The crisis is considered the closest the Cold War came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war. It began when American spy planes discovered the missiles, leading to a U.S. naval blockade of Cuba and intense negotiations. The crisis ended when Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev agreed to remove the missiles in exchange for the U.S. promising not to invade Cuba and secretly agreeing to remove American missiles from Turkey.
1963 - I Have a Dream Speech - Martin Luther King's Address at March on Washington August 28, 1963.
June 17, 1972 – August 9, 1974 - Watergate Scandal began with the break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., in 1972. Members of President Richard Nixon's administration attempted to cover up their involvement. The scandal led to the discovery of multiple abuses of power by the Nixon administration, the resignation of President Nixon in 1974, and the indictment of several administration officials.
1973 - January 22 - Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 and Doe v. Bolton, 410 U.S. 179: The U.S. Supreme Court declares that the Constitution protects women’s right to terminate an early pregnancy, thus making abortion legal in the U.S.
1973 - March 29 - The last United States soldier leaves Vietnam
The cell phone was invented by Martin Cooper of Motorola. On April 3, 1973, he made the first handheld mobile phone call with the Motorola DynaTAC. This device weighed 2.5 pounds and was 10 inches long, offering 30 minutes of talk time and requiring 10 hours to charge. The first commercial cell phone was released in 1983, revolutionizing communication and leading to the modern smartphones we use today.
1981 - June 5 - First reported case of AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)
Birth — 1912
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