Brief Life History of James L
When James L Harding was born on 4 March 1943, in Ponca City, Kay, Oklahoma, United States, his father, Richard Henry Harding, was 29 and his mother, Elza Jane Wood, was 25. He lived in Big Hill Township, Osage, Oklahoma, United States in 1950. He died on 9 May 2019, in Fairfax, Osage, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Fairfax, Osage, Oklahoma, United States.
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- James L Harding, "United States Census, 1950"
- James L Harding, "Find a Grave Index"
- Ames G Harding, "United States Census, 1950"
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1944 · The G.I Bill
The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.
1950 · Ruling Eliminates Discrimination in Higher Learning
Supreme Court case McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents School ruled that public institutions of higher learning could not discriminate due to race.
1963
President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Harding (Old English Hearding, literally ‘the hard one’ a derivative of Old English heard ‘hard, harsh, strong, firm, brave’). The surname was first taken to Ireland in the 15th century, and more families of the name settled there 200 years later in Tipperary and surrounding counties.
North German and Dutch: patronymic from a short form of any of various ancient Germanic compound personal names beginning with hard ‘hardy, brave, strong’, or a habitational name from a farm named Harding, of the same etymology.
History: Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865–1923), the 29th president of the US, was born on a farm in OH, of English and Scottish stock on his father's side. Early American bearers of this very common name include Joseph Harding who died at Plymouth in 1633. His great-great grandson Seth was a naval officer during the American Revolution.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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