Gregory Lee Hancock Jr.

Male30 September 1974–13 January 1981

Brief Life History of Gregory Lee

Gregory Lee Hancock Jr. was born on 30 September 1974, in Caro, Tuscola, Michigan, United States. He died on 13 January 1981, at the age of 6.

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    1976 · The Copyright Act of 1976

    Age 2

    The primary form of copyright law in the United States. The Act spells out what is the basic rights of the copyright holder and what is classified as fair use.

    1979 · The Department of Education

    Age 5

    Department of Education was organized to guide the schools throughout the United States in what to teach and how to teach it. The Department also collects data on the schools to see where government focus needs to go.

    1980

    Age 6

    Lake Placid, New York, United States hosts Winter Olympic Games.

    Name Meaning

    English: from the Middle English personal name Hann + the hypocoristic suffix -cok, which was commonly added to personal names (see Cocke ).

    Dutch: from Middle Dutch hanecoc ‘winkle, periwinkle’ (a type of shellfish), probably a metonymic occupational name for someone who gathered and sold shellfish.

    History: Thomas Hancock, the uncle of Declaration of Independence signatory John Hancock (1736/7–93), was among the foremost of 18th-century American businessmen. He was a descendant of Nathaniel Hancock, who was known to have been in Cambridge, MA, as early as 1634. Born in Braintree, MA, John Hancock was president of the Second Continental Congress and the first governor of the state of MA.

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

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