Brief Life History of James A
When James A McHugh was born on 12 April 1930, in Washington, United States, his father, Charles Daniel McHugh, was 31 and his mother, Ethel Leona Van Hoosen, was 28. He married Shirley Lee Hofferber in 1971. He lived in Union Gap, Yakima, Washington, United States in 1950 and Yakima, Washington, United States in 2006. He died on 16 December 2019, at the age of 89, and was buried in Yakima, Yakima, Washington, United States.
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- James A McHugh, "United States Census, 1950"
- James A Mchugh, "Washington Marriage Index, 1969-2014"
- James A McHugh, "Find A Grave Index"
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1931
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
1940
Galloping Gertie is the reference used to describe the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. It opened on July 1, 1940 four months later it no longer existed. On November 7, 1940 the wind gusts came up to 40 miles an hour causing the bridge to twist and vibrate violently before it collapsed into Puget Sound. The only victim of the bridge collapsing was a three-legged paralyzed dog named Tubby whose owner tried to rescue him from the car but he wouldn’t go with him.
1955 · The Civil Rights Movement Begins
The civil rights movement was a movement to enforce constitutional and legal rights for African Americans that the other Americans enjoyed. By using nonviolent campaigns, those involved secured new recognition in laws and federal protection of all Americans. Moderators worked with Congress to pass of several pieces of legislation that overturned discriminatory practices.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Conal, Sinead, Brigid, Conall, Cormac, Eamon, Eamonn, Fintan, Kieran, Malachy, Patrick Sean.
Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Aodha or Mac Aoidh ‘son of Aodh’, an old personal name meaning ‘fire’, originally the name of a pagan god. Thus the name has the same origin as McKay , McGee , and McCoy . See also Hughes 3.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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