When Forrest Henry Warrick was born on 22 December 1893, in Decatur, Iowa, United States, his father, Henry F. Warrick, was 28 and his mother, Samantha Ann Needham, was 26. He lived in Richland Township, Decatur, Iowa, United States in 1930 and Knoxville, Marion, Iowa, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 12 March 1969, in San Joaquin, California, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Warrick Cemetery, Decatur, Iowa, United States.
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A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
English:
variant of Warwick .
from Middle English warrok ‘wedge or twisting stick used to tighten the lashings on a scaffold’, perhaps a metonymic occupational name for a maker of warrocks or a builder of scaffolds. In the building trades the lashings for scaffolds were tightened by driving in wedges called warrocks.
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