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John Svihra 1879 - 1968

John Svihra of Gary, Lake County, Indiana was born on April 15, 1879, and died at age 89 years old in April 1968.

John Svihra

Gary, Lake County, Indiana 46409

April 15, 1879

April 1968

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In 1879, in the year that John Svihra was born, on October 22nd, Thomas Edison tested the first practical electric light bulb. Lasting 13½ hours before burning out, it used a "a carbon filament or strip coiled and connected to platina contact wires". He applied for a patent on November 4th, receiving the patent in January 1880.

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In 1904, John was 25 years old when the Russo-Japanese war began. The Russian Empire and the Japanese Empire began fighting over the territories of Manchuria and Korea. Russia wanted a warm water port on the Pacific Ocean while Japan feared growing encroachment from Russia into Asia. So the Japan fleet launched a surprise attack on the Russian Navy and a one year war began. President Roosevelt of the United States brokered peace between the two nations. It was the first time in the modern era that an Asian power showed its dominance over a European power.

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