Jack , Terry Groener

Male20 November 1941–16 October 1973

Brief Life History of Jack Terry

Jack , Terry Groener was born on 20 November 1941, in Elmhurst, DuPage, Illinois, United States. He died on 16 October 1973, in Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States, at the age of 31.

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    World Events (3)

    1942

    Age 1

    On December 2, 1942, Enrico Fermi and a small band of scientists and engineers demonstrated that a simple construction of graphite bricks and uranium lumps could produce controlled heat. The space chosen for the first nuclear fission reactor was a squash court under the football stadium at the University of Chicago.

    1942 · The Japanese American internment

    Age 1

    Caused by the tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan, the internment of Japanese Americans caused many to be forced out of their homes and forcibly relocated into concentration camps in the western states. More than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps in fear that some of them were spies for Japan.

    1944 · The G.I Bill

    Age 3

    The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.

    Name Meaning

    German (Gröbner): variant of Grabner .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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