Brief Life History of Stanley Thomas
When Stanley Thomas Radzewick III was born on 12 January 1954, in Newark Township, Essex, New Jersey, United States, his father, Stanley Thomas Radzewick Jr, was 25 and his mother, Margaret Elizabeth Wagner, was 23. He died on 9 May 2001, in Burlington, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 47.
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- Stanley Thomas Radzewick, "Find A Grave Index"
- Stanley Thomas Radzewick, III, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
- Stanley T Radzewick, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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World Events (8)
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.
1958 · Construction of Port Newark–Elizabeth Marine Terminal
In 1958, the Port Authority commissioned an expansion of Port Newark after successful experiments showed that standardized cargo containers could be stacked on ships. The Port Newark–Elizabeth Marine Terminal was opened on August 15, 1962 as the world's first container port, and quickly became known as America's Container Capital.
1967
During the summer of 1967, more riots broke out from dissatisfied urban residents, primarily from the African American community. The riots took place in Newark and lasted for five days; the neighboring city of Plainfield was also impacted. These riots resulted in the deaths of 24 citizens, and more than 1,600 people were arrested. Many residents left the communities during this time and moved to the suburbs.
Name Meaning
Transferred use of the surname, in origin a local name from any of numerous places (in Derbys., Durham, Gloucs., Staffs., Wilts., and Yorks.) so called from Old English stān ‘stone’ + lēah ‘wood, clearing’. This is well established as a given name, and has been widely used as such since the 1880s. It had been in occasional use over a century earlier. Its popularity seems to have stemmed at least in part from the fame of the explorer Sir Henry Morton Stanley ( 1841–1904 ), who was born in Wales as John Rowlands but later took the name of his adoptive father, a New Orleans cotton dealer.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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