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(b. 4 May 1900,
Adams, Indiana, USA
d. 6 November 1986,
Decatur, Adams, Indiana, USA
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Agnes Margaret SCHENK-- Date: 1 May 1929 Place: Pontiac, Michigan, USA
Agnes Margaret SCHENK was the daughter of Charles Henry SCHENK and Elizabeth Catherine ATKINSON
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Carl Mathias
STRIKER
(b. 4 May 1900,
Adams, Indiana, USA
d. 6 November 1986,
Decatur, Adams, Indiana, USA
)
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Carl Mathias STRIKER was born 4 May 1900
in Adams, Indiana, USA.
Carl Mathias STRIKER
was the child of
Warren Mathias STRIKER and
Savilla MEYER
and the grandchild of:
(paternal)
Mathias STRIKER and
Lucinda HANDLEY
(maternal)
Karl Johans (Charles) MEYER and
Anna GEFFELER
He married Agnes Margaret SCHENK 1 May 1929 in Pontiac, Michigan, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child. Agnes Margaret SCHENK was born 4 May 1900 in Geneva, Adams, Indiana, USA . She died 6 November 1986 in Decatur, Adams, Indiana, USA . She was the daughter of Charles Henry SCHENK and Elizabeth Catherine ATKINSON.
Carl Mathias STRIKER died 6 November 1986 in Decatur, Adams, Indiana, USA.
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He married Agnes Margaret SCHENK 1 May 1929 in Pontiac, Michigan, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child. Agnes Margaret SCHENK was born 4 May 1900 in Geneva, Adams, Indiana, USA . She died 6 November 1986 in Decatur, Adams, Indiana, USA . She was the daughter of Charles Henry SCHENK and Elizabeth Catherine ATKINSON.
Carl Mathias STRIKER died 6 November 1986 in Decatur, Adams, Indiana, USA.
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Birth 4 May 1900Adams, Indiana, USA
1901 - January 22 - Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom dies at age 81, after more than 63 years on the throne, and her son the Prince of Wales formally succeeds her as King Edward VII.www.wikipedia.org - January 22, 1901
1903 - Marconi sends and receives the first wireless transatlantic communicationOne hundred years ago on Saturday, a young Italian inventor named Guglielmo Marconi stood on a...Read MORE...
1903 - June 16 - Ford Motor Company is incorporated in Detroit, MichiganJune 16, 1903
1903 - October - First World SeriesThe 1903 World Series was the first modern World Series to be played in Major League Baseball. It...Read MORE...
1903 - December 17 – Orville Wright flies an aircraft with a petrol engine at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in the first documented, successful, controlled, powered, heavier-than-air flight.THE MACHINE ACTUALLY FLIES
Successful Trial of Kitty Hawk, N.C., of Wright Brother's...Read MORE...
1904 - April 30 – The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri (closes December 1).Ice-cream cones were first served in 1904 at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition world's fair in St....Read MORE...
1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama CanalFebruary 23 – For $10 million, the United States gains control of the Panama Canal Zone...
June...Read MORE...
1908 - September 27 – Henry Ford produces his first Model T automobile.www.wikipedia.org - September 27, 1908
1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North AtlanticAt 2:20 a.m. on April 15, 1912, the British ocean liner Titanic sinks into the North Atlantic Ocean about 400 miles south of Newfoundland, Canada. The massive ship, which carried 2,200 passengers and ...Read MORE...
1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated.MANY STATES TO DEDICATE HIGHWAY
New Route Across Continent Will Be Inaugurated With Many...Read MORE...
1913 - December 23 – The Federal Reserve System is created as the central banking system of the United States by Woodrow Wilson's signature of the Federal Reserve Act.www.wikipedia.org - December 23, 1913
1914 - Woodrow Wilson signs a Mother's Day proclamation.GIVES APPROVAL TO MOTHERS' DAY
President Wilson Acts on Joint Resolution of Congress
FLAGS...Read MORE...
1914 - August 1 - World War I begins: Germany declares war on Russia and France and invades BelgiumAugust 1, 1914 - Germany declares war on Russia. France and Belgium begin full mobilization.
August 3, 1914 - Germany declares war on France, and invades neutral Belgium. Britain then sends an...Read MORE...
1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call,facilitated by a newly invented vacuum tube amplifier, ceremonially inaugurated by Alexander Graham ...Read MORE...
1915 - May 7 – WWI: Sinking of the RMS Lusitania: British ocean liner RMS Lusitania is sunk by Imperial German Navy U-boat U-20 off the south-west coast of Ireland, killing 1,198 civilians en route from New York to Liverpool.www.wikipedia.org - May 7, 1915
1916 - On May 30, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a presidential proclamation establishing a national Flag Day on June 14.www.americaslibrary.gov - May 30, 1916
1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.Citizenship for Porto Ricans.
From the New York Herald.
With the passage of the new government...Read MORE...
1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany.U.S. At War
GERMAN SHIPS ARE SEIZED
HOUSE PASSES WAR BILL BY VOTE 373-50
Washington, April 6 - America is at war. Amidst the most dramatic scenes ever witnessed in congress, the House early...Read MORE...
1917 - June 5 – WWI: Conscription begins in the United States.AVERAGE MAN HAS A 20 TO 1 CHANCE OF BEING DRAFTED
But He Must Register on Tuesday or Go to...Read MORE...
1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time (DST goes into effect on March 31).Getting Used to the "Daylight Saving" Time.
"Daylight saving" is now a law, if not a fact, and...Read MORE...
1918 - October 31 – The Hungarian government terminates the personal union with Austria, officially dissolving the Austro-Hungarian empire.www.wikipedia.org - October 31, 1918
1919 - June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification.SENATE ADOPTS AMENDMENT FOR SUFFRAGE, 56-25
Congress Puts Votes for Women Up to States for Ratification - Long Fight
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 5. - Action by Congress on equal suffrage - subject of...Read MORE...
1919 - June 28 - The Treaty of Versailles is signed, blaming Germany for World War I and creating a League of NationsWorld War I (1914-1918) was finally over. This first global conflict had claimed from 9 million to...Read MORE...
1919 - October 28 – Prohibition in the United States is authorized:The United States Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilson's veto. (Wikipedia)
The President's message again makes clear his desire that Congress repeal "war-time"...Read MORE...
1920 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution. 'Cans' and 'Can'ts' of Amendment
Dry Amendment 'Cans' and 'Can'ts'
Here are some of the things...Read MORE...
1924 - June 2 - Congress Granted Citizenship to All Native Americans Born in the U.S. Citizenship Given Indians
- Long Beach Press -
Every native-born Indian in this country is...Read MORE...
1929 Marriage / PartnerCarl Mathias STRIKER and Agnes Margaret SCHENK 1 May 1929, Pontiac, Michigan, USA
1929 - February 11 - Independent State of Vatican City created by Lateran TreatyLateran Concordat of 1929
On February 11th, 1929, an historic treaty was signed between the...Read MORE...
1929 - St Valentine's Day MassacreGunmen of Alphonse Capone (1899-1947) murder seven rival Chicago mobsters in the "St. Valentine's...Read MORE...
1929 - October 24–29 – Wall Street Crash of 1929: Three multi-digit percentage drops wipe out more than $30 billion from the New York Stock Exchange (10 times greater than the annual budget of the federal government).In the 1920s, the stock market was rapidly growing. Many investors hoped to quickly get rich.
The Great Crash affected everyone, even those who had not bought stocks. People ran to their banks to...Read MORE...
1930 - February 18 - Pluto is discoveredPluto was discovered at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, by astronomer Clyde W....Read MORE...
1931 - March 3 – The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the United States National anthem.ANTHEM BILL PASSED
WASHINGTON - March 3 - (AP) - The Senate today passed and sent to the House a...Read MORE...
1931 - May 1 - The Empire State Building Opens President Herbert Hoover pressed a button in Washington, D.C., and on came the lights in the...Read MORE...
1932 - May 20–May 21 – Amelia Earhart flies from the USA to Derry, Northern Ireland in 14 hours 54 minutes.Amelia Earhart is First Woman to Fly Atlantic Ocean Alone
New York, May 21. (AP) - Word was...Read MORE...
1933 - March, The Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a "Bank holiday", closing all United States banks and freezing all financial transactions.Bank Holiday Causes Flood of Freak News
Church Calls Moratorium; Movies on Credit; Lucky San Pedro
(By United Press)
NEW YORK, March 3 - Mrs. Martha Laughran, Brooklyn boarding house keeper,...Read MORE...
1933 - April 5 - President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a national emergency and issues Executive Order 6102, making it illegal for U.S. citizens to own substantial amounts of monetary gold or bullion.Issues A New Call For Gold
Roosevelt Orders Return to Federal Reserve Banks of All Amounts over...Read MORE...
1933 - April 19 – The United States officially goes off the gold standard.U.S. Off the Gold Standard
First Time in Half Century
United States' Action in Leaving Gold...Read MORE...
1933 - November 8 – New Deal: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt unveils the Civil Works Administration, an organization designed to create jobs for more than 4 million of the unemployed.www.wikipedia.org - November 8, 1933
1933 - December 5 – The 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed, repealing Prohibition.Obey Rum Law, F.D.R. Urges
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. (AP) - President Roosevelt late today signed a...Read MORE...
1935 - Dust Bowl: The great dust storm in the United States hits eastern New Mexico and Colorado, and western Oklahoma the hardest.LIFE IN DUST BOWL OF UNITED STATES BEING RULED TODAY BY THREE WORDS - "IF IT RAINS"
By Robert Geiger
(Associated Press Staff Writer.)
GUYON, Okla., April 15. - (AP.) - Three little words -...Read MORE...
1935 - August 14 – United States President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law.Roosevelt Sees New Steps To Social Security For Nation
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15. (AP). - President...Read MORE...
1935 - September 30 - Roosevelt Dedicates Boulder Dam (later to be known as Hoover Dam)Government Spending Is To Be Ended
Private Industry Mus Now Maintain Recovery Pay Says F.R.
by...Read MORE...
1937 - May 6 – Hindenburg disaster: In the United States, the German airship Hindenburg bursts into flame when mooring to a mast in...Read MORE...
1938 - October 24 - The minimum wage is established by law in the United States.www.wikipedia.org - October 24, 1938
1939 - April 30 - World's Fair opens in New York CityApril 30, 1939
1939 - September 1 - World War II begins: Germany invades PolandSeptember 1, 1939
1940 - May 10 - Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister of Great BritainMay 10, 1940
1941 - January 13 – All persons born in Puerto Rico since this day are declared U.S. citizens by birth, through U.S. federal law.www.wikipedia.org - January 13, 1941
1941 - December 7 - Japanese attacked Pearl HarborAttack on Pearl Harbor: Aircraft flying from Imperial Japanese Navy carriers launch a surprise...Read MORE...
1941 - December 8 - WWII: President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his "Infamy Speech" President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his "Infamy Speech" to a Joint session of the United States Congress at 12:30 p.m. EST (17.30 GMT). Transmitted live over all four major...Read MORE...
1941 - December 11 - Germany and Italy declare war on the United States. The U.S. responds in kind.www.wikipedia.org - December 11, 1941
1942 - February 2 – WWII: President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an executive order directing the internment of Japanese Americans and the seizure of their property.The attack on Pearl Harbor launched a rash of fear about national security, especially on the West Coast. In February 1942, just two months after Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt as...Read MORE...
1942 - June 4–June 7 – WWII: The Battle of Midway: The Japanese naval advance in the Pacific is halted.Naval History and Heritage Command (www.youtube.com) - June 7, 1942
1942 - December 1 – Gasoline rationing begins in the United States.License Numbers To Be on Coupons
When individuals obtain their basic "A" gasoline rationing...Read MORE...
1943 - February 7 – WWII: In the United States, it is announced that shoe rationing will go into effect in 2 days.Steps in Rationing Listed
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (AP) - Step forward in your last pair of unrationed ...Read MORE...
1943 - Penicillin first used successfully to treat a patientPENICILLIN IS NEW ERA IN MEDICINE
Changes Method Of War On Germs; Pales "Glory" Of Sulfa
By...Read MORE...
1944 - June 6 - WWII – D-Day: 155,000 Allied troops shipped from England land on the beaches of Normandy in northern France, beginning Operation Overlord and the Invasion of Normandy. The Allied soldiers quickly break through the ...Read MORE...
1945 - August 6 – WWII: Atomic bombing of Hiroshima: A United States B-29 Superfortress, the Enola Gay, drops an atomic bomb, codenamed "Little Boy", on Hiroshima, Japan, at 8:15 a.m. (local time).Blasting of Hiroshima
Atomic Bomb Kills 150,000
...All Living Things Seared To Death, Tokyo...Read MORE...
1945 - August 9 - Atomic bombing of Nagasaki: A United States B-29 Bomber, Bockscar, drops an atomic bomb, codenamed "Fat Man", on Nagasaki, Japan, at 11:02 a.m. (local time).Another Atomic Bomb Dropped on Enemy City
Important Kyushu City of Nagasaki Struck With 'Good...Read MORE...
1945 - September 2 - World War II endsWORLD IS AT PEACE
Japan Surrenders Formally, Unconditionally to Allies in Short Ritual; V-J Day Today
Truman Lauds Day of Victory Over Tyranny
Bright New Era of Hope of International Good Will...Read MORE...
1947 - February 25 - The German state of Prussia is officially abolished by the Allied Control Council.www.wikipedia.org - February 25, 1947
1948 - The State of Israel is officially createdOn May 14, 1948, David Ben-Gurion, the head of the Jewish Agency, proclaimed the establishment of...Read MORE...
1949 - The Soviet Union successfully detonates an atomic weapon 1949 - Communists under Mao assume power in ChinaMao Zedong proclaims People’s Republic of China
"Naming himself head of state, communist...Read MORE...
1950 - January 31 - President Harry S. Truman orders the development of the hydrogen bomb, in response to the detonation of the Soviet Union's first atomic bomb in 1949www.wikipedia.org - January 31, 1950
1950 - June 25 - Korean War begins when North Korean forces invade South KoreaArmed forces from communist North Korea smash into South Korea, setting off the Korean War. The...Read MORE...
1953 - Dr. Jonas Salk, University of Pittsburg, announced successful testing of polio vaccinewww.worldatlas.com/ webimage/ countrys/ namerica/ usstates/ patimeln.htm -
1953 - July 27 - Korean War endsAfter three years of a bloody and frustrating war, the United States, the People's Republic of...Read MORE...
1957 - October 4 - USSR launches Sputnik 1 - Space race beginsRussian People Tickled Pink at Success of Their Sputnik
MOSCOW (AP) - The Russian people are...Read MORE...
1958 - NASA formed 1960 - Civil Rights Act of 1960The Civil Rights Act of 1960 (enacted May 6, 1960) was a United States federal law that established ...Read MORE...
1961 - Vietnam War officially begins with 900 military advisors landing in Saigon 1961 - East Germany begins construction of the Berlin Wall 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 - April 21 - Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) openswww.e-referencedesk.com/ resources/ state-history-timeline/ washington.html - April 21, 1962
1963 - I Have a Dream Speech - Martin Luther King's Address at March on Washington August 28, 1963. 1963 - November 22 - American President John F. Kennedy assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, TexasOn Friday, November 22, 1963, a shockwave ran through the whole nation, followed by grief. President John F. Kennedy was shot as he rode in a motorcade through the streets of Dallas, Texas.
For...Read MORE...
1964 - April 22 - World's Fair opens in New York CityApril 22, 1964
1964 - Civil Rights Act of 1964This act, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on July 2, 1964, prohibited discrimination in ...Read MORE...
1965 - Vietnam War - First U.S. ground combat forces arrive in South Vietnam 1968 - Civil Rights Act of 1968Also known as the Fair Housing Act of 1968
Congress passed the act in an effort to impose a...Read MORE...
1968 - Marin Luther King, Jr. KilledAt 6:05 P.M. on Thursday, 4 April 1968, Martin Luther King was shot dead while standing on a balcony outside his second-floor room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. News of King’s...Read MORE...
1968 - Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy assassinated on June 6 in Los Angeles 1969 - July 20 - Apollo 11 - Man lands on the moonAMERICAN FLAG WAVING ON THE MOON
Taken There By Spacemen
SPACE CENTER, Houston (AP) - Two Americans, who strode the moon's surface for the first time and raised their nations' banner above it,...Read MORE...
1970 - April 22 - The First Earth DaySenator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin was disturbed that an issue as important as our environment was ...Read MORE...
1970 - Kent State shootings - May 4 - Kent, OhioMay 4, 1970
1972 - Watergate 1973 - March 29 – The last United States soldier leaves Vietnam.March 29, 1973
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1974 - Richard Nixon resigns Presidency over Watergate 1977 - Elvis Presley dies, August 16, 1977, in Memphis, Tennessee, USAAugust 16, 1977
1979 - Iran hostage crisis begins 1979 - Three Mile Island nuclear accident - March 28 1979 - May 4 - Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female prime minister of Great BritainMay 4, 1979
1980 - May 18 - Mount Saint Helens (in Washington State) erupted spewing ash and smoke sixty-three thousand feet into the air. Heavy ash covered the ground to the immediate northwest, and small particles were carried to the Atlantic coast. WeatherForYou.com
MOUNTAIN ERUPTS; 6 DEAD.
Vancouver, Wash. (UPI) - Mount St. Helens exploded ...Read MORE...
1981 - Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan by John Hinckley President Ronald Reagan nominates Sandra Day O’Connor to be the first woman on the Supreme Court, 1981history.com -
1981 - First reported case of AIDS 1981 - Voyager 2 reaches Saturn Joan Benoit wins the first women’s Olympic Marathon, 1984At the 1984 Summer Games in Los Angeles, Joan Benoit (today known as Joan Benoit Samuelson)...Read MORE...
1985 - May 16 - Hole in Ozone layer is discovered by British scientistsThe discovery of the annual depletion of ozone above the Antarctic was first announced in a paper...Read MORE...
Death 6 November 1986Decatur, Adams, Indiana, USA
Carl is buried at: Westlawn Cemetery Geneva Adams County Indiana, USA
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