When Samuela Uluakiafua Moahengi Tangilapa was born on 20 August 1932, in Kolomotu'a, Nuku'alofa, Tongatapu, Tonga, his father, Sione Tangilapa, was 31 and his mother, Meleane Fonongava'inga Nu'ulofia Nauha'amea, was 39. He died on 6 September 2008, in Longolongo, Tongatapu, Tonga, at the age of 76.
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Tonga ceases to be a British protectorate and becomes fully independent within the British Commonwealth.
Tonga joined the United Nations.
Biblical name (Hebrew Shemuel), possibly meaning ‘He (God) has hearkened’ (presumably to the prayers of a mother for a son). It may also be understood as a contracted form of Hebrew sha'ulme'el meaning ‘asked of God’. In the case of Samuel the son of Hannah, this would be more in keeping with his mother's statement ‘Because I have asked him of the Lord’ (1 Samuel 1:20). Living in the 11th century bc , Samuel was a Hebrew judge and prophet of the greatest historical importance, who established the Hebrew monarchy, anointing as king both Saul and, later, David. In the Authorized Version two books of the Old Testament are named after him, although in Roman Catholic and Orthodox versions of the Bible they are known as the first and second Book of Kings. The story of Samuel being called by God while still a child serving in the house of Eli the priest (1 Samuel 3) is of great vividness and has moved countless generations. In England and America the name was particularly popular among the 16th-century Puritans and among Nonconformists from the 17th to the 19th century. It became fashionable again in the 1990s.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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