When Norman Edward Burgher was born on 6 December 1915, in Middletown, Lake, California, United States, his father, Ned Burgher, was 28 and his mother, Norma Gertrude Reed, was 21. He married Lillian Grace Boyce on 22 December 1936, in Middletown, Lake, California, United States. He lived in El Monte Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940 and World in 1950. He died on 31 January 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Live Oak Memorial Park, Monrovia, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
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.
Dutch: variant of Burger .
Scottish (Orkney): variant of Burger or a habitational name from Burgar in Evie-Rendall (Orkney). This surname is common in Jamaica.
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