When Stanley Walter Chwalek Sr was born on 21 April 1927, in Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Marcin Chwałek Sr, was 55 and his mother, Katarzyna Majka, was 35. He died on 7 July 2008, in Garden Grove, Orange, California, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, Fort Rosecrans, San Diego, San Diego, California, United States.
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13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
Alcatraz Island officially became Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on August 11, 1934. The island is situated in the middle of frigid water and strong currents of the San Francisco Bay, which deemed it virtually inescapable. Alcatraz became known as the toughest prison in America and was seen as a “last resort prison.” Therefore, Alcatraz housed some of America’s most notorious prisoners such as Al Capone and Robert Franklin Stroud. Due to the exorbitant cost of running the prison, and the deterioration of the buildings due to salt spray, Alcatraz Island closed as a penitentiary on March 21, 1963.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an alliance between 29 North American and European countries. The agreement of the alliance is to help defend each other if attacked by an external country. The last country to enter was Montenegro in 2017.
Some characteristic forenames: Polish Czeslaw. German Gunther.
Polish (Chwałek): from a pet form of the personal nameChwalimir or Chwalisław, or from chwalić‘to prize or value’ or chwalic się ‘to boast (ofsomething)’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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