Brief Life History of Richard Allen
When Richard Allen Backus Sr was born on 10 January 1950, in Berrien Center, Berrien Township, Berrien, Michigan, United States, his father, Victor Ernest Backus, was 23 and his mother, Phyllis Joyce Leach, was 20. He died on 14 December 2010, in St. Joseph Township, Berrien, Michigan, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Buchanan, Berrien, Michigan, United States.
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- Richard A Backus, "Find A Grave Index"
- Richard Allen Backus Sr, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
- Richard A Backus, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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World Events (8)
1951 · The Twenty-Second Amendment
Before the Twenty-second Amendment, the Presidency didn’t have a set number limit on how many times they could be elected or re-elected to the office of President of the United States. The Amendment sets that limit to two times, consecutively or not, and sets additional conditions for presidents who succeed to the unexpired terms of their predecessors.
1954 · Worlds Largest Christmas Store
Wally Bronner opened what would become the world's largest Christmas Store in 1954 as a result of successfully creating custom Christmas panels for city lampposts. Since then, the Frankenmuth store has expanded to a 27 acre landscaped lot with over 50,000 Christmas related items in his store. Bronner's attracts over two million guests per year.
1966 · The Freedom of Information Act
Is a federal law that requires that full or partial disclosure of all previously unreleased government documents or information to be given upon request.
Name Meaning
English (Leicestershire): from Middle English bak(e)hous ‘bakehouse’ (Old English bæchūs), hence a topographic name for someone who lived or worked in a bakery.
Dutch: in Limburg province, a shortened variant of Bakhuis, Dutch form of German Backhaus .
Americanized form of German Backhaus .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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