Brief Life History of Stuart
Stuart Byrd was born on 9 January 1934, in East Orange, Essex, New Jersey, United States as the son of Cornileus Byrd and Agnes (Stewart) (Byrd) Harrison. He died on 15 May 2005, in Union Township, Union, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 71.
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Sources (3)
- Stuart I Byrd, "United States Social Security Death Index"
- Stuart Byrd in entry for Mr Elliott Harrison, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
- Stuart I Byrd, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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World Events (3)
1935 · The FBI is Established
The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.
1935 · The Social Security Act
This Act was created a basic right to a pension in old age, and insurance against unemployment.
1938
The infamous radio debut of War of the Worlds (an adaptation of the novel by Orson Welles) was broadcast from New Jersey. The drama program was framed as a news broadcast describing an alien invasion, which reportedly caused panic among a small subset of listeners that tuned in late. However, the newspaper industry exaggerated reports of the confusion to make it sound widespread. It's believed that the newspaper industry was attempting to take advantage of the situation to discredit the reliability of radio broadcasting.
Name Meaning
English and Irish: variant of Bird .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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