Michael Gresko was born on 14 August 1885, in Fijaš, Svidník, Slovakia as the son of Michaël Gresko and Maria Fecskanin. He married Helen Szaszarak on 4 August 1914, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States for about 43 years. He died on 7 October 1963, at the age of 78, and was buried in Highland Hills, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States.
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Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
In an attempt to detect a medium of space called aether, Albert A. Michelson and Edward W. Morley started to experiment to see if there was any relative motion of matter through light waves. The result was negative and is generally considered to be the first strong evidence against the aether theory. Even though it has failed multiple times, the same type of experiment has been repeated many times with higher amounts of sensitivity to the sensors.
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
Ukrainian: from a pet form of the personal name Hrehor (Russian-oriented transliteration Gregor), a variant of Hryhor (Grygor), vernacular equivalent of Latin Gregorius (see Gregory ). Compare Hresko 2.
Slovak and Rusyn (from Slovakia) (Greško): from a pet form of the personal name Gregor (Rusyn Hrehor) ‘Gregory’. Compare Hresko 1.
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