When William E. Fulton was born on 30 April 1891, in Bristol, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada, his father, Frederick David Fulton, was 30 and his mother, Jane Clarissa Holmes, was 23. He married Leona Maude Dunphy on 25 May 1914, in Bridgewater, Aroostook, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada in 1901 and Bridgewater, Aroostook, Maine, United States in 1914. He died on 17 November 1952, in Presque Isle, Aroostook, Maine, United States, at the age of 61.
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A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
During the Cuban War for Independence, the USS Maine had been sent to Havana to look out for the interests of the United States. On February 15, 1898, at approximately 21:40, an explosion on USS Maine was caused by roughly 5 long tons of powder. The front of the ship was demolished and the remains quickly sunk to the bottom of the ocean. 260 men lost their lives in the explosion itself, with at least six more dying afterwards from related injuries. The event kicked off an atmosphere of contention that would eventually lead to the Spanish-American War.
Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.
Scottish: habitational name from Fulton in Bedrule, Roxburghshire, Scotland, so named from Old English fugol ‘bird’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’. Compare Folden 2.
English: variant of Folden 3.
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