Evelyn Press

Female1919–1976

Brief Life History of Evelyn

Evelyn Press was born in 1919, in New York City, New York, United States. She died in 1976, in Spring Valley, Ramapo, Rockland, New York, United States, at the age of 57.

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1919–2011
Evelyn Press
1919–1976

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    World Events (3)

    1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

    Age 0

    The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

    1920

    Age 1

    The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

    1952 · United Nations is Headquartered in New York City

    Age 33

    The United Nations was officially organized on October 24, 1945 with representatives from 50 countries. New York City became the permanent Headquarters of the United Nations in 1952.

    Name Meaning

    Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Meyer, Myer, Tova, Ari, Basya, Isak, Shalom, Shoshanna, Yakov.

    English: variant of Priest .

    Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for someone who ironed clothes, from Yiddish pres ‘flat iron’.

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

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