Louis Joseph Kane

Male8 August 1918–23 August 1992

Brief Life History of Louis Joseph

When Louis Joseph Kane was born on 8 August 1918, in Table Mound Township, Dubuque, Iowa, United States, his father, James Edward Kane, was 38 and his mother, Helen A Markus, was 31. He died on 23 August 1992, in Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Key West, Dubuque, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Edward Kane
1880–1963
Helen A Markus
1887–1978
Lelia E Kane
1909–1980
Helen Susan Kane
1910–1992
Clarence Kane
1912–1973
Luella Kane
1917–2011
Louis Joseph Kane
1918–1992
Louis Kane
1918–1992
James E Kane Jr
1920–1981
Robert Kane
1922–1947
Henry Joseph Kane
1924–1925
John Henry Kane
1927–1997
Stanley J Kane Sr
1935–2017

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    World Events (8)

    1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

    Age 1

    The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

    1922 · Oldest radio station west of the Mississippi

    Age 4

    The Karlowa Radio Corporation, in Davenport, was issued a new license for broadcasting and with it they were randomly assigned call letters of WOC. The small studio was the first to reach the Iowa area and was identified as one of 21 stations that were desirable because of coverage area and performance. In September 1927, WOC became a member of the new NBC radio network and still is today. In 1932, Ronald Reagan got his first broadcasting job at WOC as a sportscaster and he returned in 1988 after his presidency tour. WOC is the oldest surviving broadcasting station in the middle Mississippi Valley and was the first to keep logs on their electrical consumption and their on-air programming.

    1941

    Age 23

    Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

    Name Meaning

    Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Aileen, Padraic, Brennan, Declan, Donovan, Fergus, James Patrick, Keelin, Kieran, Siobhan.

    Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Catháin or Mac Catháin ‘descendant (or son) of Cathán’, a personal name meaning ‘warrior’ (see O'Kane ). Compare Keane .

    English: variant of Cane .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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