When Edgar Houston Olive was born on 17 January 1892, in Alabama, United States, his father, Pugh H Olive, was 30 and his mother, Sarah Ellen Defoe, was 22. He married Cordelia Hayes on 12 October 1909, in Lauderdale, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Election Precinct 11 Cloverdale, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States in 1900 and Cloverdale, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States in 1920. He died on 10 March 1972, in Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Cloverdale, Lauderdale, Alabama, 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.
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
English: from the Middle English (Old French) personal name Olive, from Latin oliva ‘olive’, introduced from Normandy and France after the Conquest.
English: variant of Olliff or Oliver .
Catalan (Olivé): variant of Oliver .
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