Brief Life History of Nelson Clifford
When Nelson Clifford Rocliffe was born on 28 April 1895, in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States, his father, William Nelson Rocliffe, was 22 and his mother, Martha Bangs, was 23. He married Gladys Emma Connelly on 7 May 1919, in Hamilton, Ohio, United States. He lived in Bellevue, Campbell, Kentucky, United States in 1900. He died on 14 August 1982, in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States, at the age of 87.
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- Nelson Rocliffe, "United States Census, 1940"
- Nelson Rochiffe, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
- Nelson Clifford Rocliffe, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
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.
1900 · Governor Shot
On January 30, 1900 Governor William Goebel of Kentucky was assassinated. He took a bullet to the chest, outside the Old State Capitol. He died on February 3, 1900.
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
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English: see Rawcliffe .
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