Brief Life History of Dan Yellowhair
Dan Yellowhair Williams was born on 21 August 1954. He died on 31 December 1990, in Oregon, United States, at the age of 36.
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- Dan Yellowhair Williams in household of Earl Leroy Williams, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
- Danny Williams in entry for Earl Leroy Williams, "Idaho, Southeast Counties Obituaries, 1864-2007"
- Dan Yellowhair Williams in household of Earl Leroy Williams, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
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World Events (8)
1955 · The Civil Rights Movement Begins
The civil rights movement was a movement to enforce constitutional and legal rights for African Americans that the other Americans enjoyed. By using nonviolent campaigns, those involved secured new recognition in laws and federal protection of all Americans. Moderators worked with Congress to pass of several pieces of legislation that overturned discriminatory practices.
1955 · To War in Vietnam
The Vietnam War was another civil war brought about from the Cold War. It was fought between the North Vietnamese, who were supported by the Soviet Union, China, and other communist allies, and the South Vietnamese, who were supported by the United States, South Korea, the Philippines, Australia, Thailand and other anti-communist allies. The war caused two more civil wars in Laos and Cambodia and resulted in all three countries becoming communist states.
1964 · The Twenty-Fourth Amendment
The Twenty-fourth Amendment prohibits both all the states and Congress from swaying the right to vote in elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax.
Name Meaning
English: variant of William , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This form of the surname is also common in Wales. In North America, this surname has also absorbed some cognates from other languages, such as Dutch Willems . Williams is the third most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans and Native Americans.
History: This surname was brought to North America from southern England and Wales independently by many different bearers from the 17th century onward. Roger Williams, born in London in 1603, came to MA in 1630, but the clergyman was banished from the colony for his criticism of the Puritan government; he fled to RI and founded Providence.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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