Philip Hancock Short

Male9 October 1970–16 September 1980

Brief Life History of Philip Hancock

Philip Hancock Short was born on 9 October 1970, in Rowan, North Carolina, United States. He died on 16 September 1980, in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 9, and was buried in Davie, North Carolina, United States.

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  • Philip Hancock Short, "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000"
  • Philip Hancock Short, "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994"
  • Philip Hancock Short, "North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000"

World Events (3)

1971 · The Twenty-Sixth Amendment

Age 1

The Twenty-sixth Amendment prohibits the states and the federal government from using age as a reason for denying the right to vote to citizens who are eighteen years old or older.

1973 · Roe Vs. Wade

Age 3

A Controversial decision by the United States Supreme Court on the issue of the laws restricting access to abortions.

1973 · The Watergate Scandal

Age 3

Being a political scandal that involved President Richard Nixon, The Watergate scandal was an attempt to cover up the Nixon Administrations involvement of a break in at the Watergate Complex in Washington DC. The conspiracy was discovered after the burglars were caught. Because of the scandal, multiple abuses of power of the members of the Nixon administration were discovered. It also revealed that the President had a recording system in his office and had a recording of many controversial conversations.

Name Meaning

English: nickname for a short person, from Middle English short ‘short’ (Old English sceort).

English: topographic name for someone who lived at a detached or cut-off piece of land (Middle English shorte, shirte, from Old English scierte, scerte, scyrte) or else a habitational name from a place so named, such as Shoart in Harbeldown (Kent) and Shuart in Saint Nicholas at Wade (Kent). Compare Shorter .

Irish and Scottish: adopted for Gaelic Mac an Gheairr, Mac an Ghirr ‘son of the short man’ (see McGirr ).

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

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