When William Lyle Ellingson MD was born on 2 February 1929, in Detroit Lakes, Becker, Minnesota, United States, his father, Abel Rudolph Ellingson, was 32 and his mother, Lila Esther Schaer, was 24. He married Miriam Alice Reiland in 1955. He lived in California, United States in 1972. He died on 5 November 2009, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in East Lawn Memorial Hills, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
Alcatraz Island officially became Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on August 11, 1934. The island is situated in the middle of frigid water and strong currents of the San Francisco Bay, which deemed it virtually inescapable. Alcatraz became known as the toughest prison in America and was seen as a “last resort prison.” Therefore, Alcatraz housed some of America’s most notorious prisoners such as Al Capone and Robert Franklin Stroud. Due to the exorbitant cost of running the prison, and the deterioration of the buildings due to salt spray, Alcatraz Island closed as a penitentiary on March 21, 1963.
United States military forces play a leading role against North Korean and Chinese troops in Korean War.
Americanized form of Norwegian Ellingsen and of its rare Swedish cognate Ellingsson.
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