When Bertha Luetta Woodrell was born on 8 September 1893, in West Plains, Ripley, Missouri, United States, her father, Mordicai Hallie Woodrel, was 37 and her mother, Catherine Elizabeth Proffitt, was 41. She married James Jay Hamilton on 22 July 1916, in Howell, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Shelby, Tennessee, United States in 1930 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States for about 5 years. She died on 12 October 1977, in Hawthorne, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Pacific Crest Cemetery, Redondo Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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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.
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.
In 1931, a full scale replica of the Parthenon in Greece was erected in Nashville, Tennessee. The Parthenon was meant to be temporary, but became a permanent part of Tennessee culture. It also has a replica of the statue of Athena the Goddess of War.At the same time a city over Memphis built giant pyramid replica to remind everyone what the city was named for.
English: topographic name for someone living in a wooded valley, from Middle English wode ‘wood’ (Old English wudu) + dell ‘dell, valley’, or a habitational name from some minor place called with these elements.
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