When John Warren Brock was born on 9 November 1892, in Maine, United States, his father, Joseph William Brock, was 36 and his mother, Hannah Margarite Ames, was 25. He married Bertha Ella Nickerson on 3 May 1914, in Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Searsport, Waldo, Maine, United States for about 14 years and Belfast, Waldo, Maine, United States for about 10 years. He died in 1935, in Maine, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in Belfast, Waldo, Maine, 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.
During the Cuban War for Independence, the USS Maine had been sent to Havana to look out for the interests of the United States. On February 15, 1898, at approximately 21:40, an explosion on USS Maine was caused by roughly 5 long tons of powder. The front of the ship was demolished and the remains quickly sunk to the bottom of the ocean. 260 men lost their lives in the explosion itself, with at least six more dying afterwards from related injuries. The event kicked off an atmosphere of contention that would eventually lead to the Spanish-American War.
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
English, Scottish, and North German: variant of Brook .
English and Scandinavian: nickname for a person supposedly resembling a badger, from Middle English brok(ke) ‘badger’ (Old English brocc) and Danish brok (a word of Celtic origin; compare Welsh broch, Cornish brogh, Irish broc). In the Middle Ages badgers were regarded as unpleasant creatures.
Dutch and Flemish: from a personal name, a short form of Brockert .
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