When Walter Gladstone McIntyre was born on 17 May 1913, in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States, his father, Syrenus Arthur McIntyre, was 43 and his mother, Flossie Pearl Collins, was 28. He had at least 1 son with Gretchen Marsden. He lived in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States for about 10 years and Indian Wells, Riverside, California, United States in 1994. He died on 22 August 2005, in Riverside, California, United States, at the age of 92.
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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.
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.
The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an tSaoir ‘son of the craftsman’. Compare Irish McAteer .
History: This is the name of a Scottish clan which, according to clan lore, is descended from Maurice MacNeil, a nephew of Somhairle (English: Sorley or Somerled), King of the Isles (died 1164).
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