Brief Life History of William Lee
William Lee Lark was born on 17 July 1954. He died on 23 November 2014, at the age of 60, and was buried in Piedmont, Anderson, South Carolina, United States.
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1955 · The Civil Rights Movement Begins
Age 1
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.
1955 · To War in Vietnam
Age 1
The Vietnam War was another civil war brought about from the Cold War. It was fought between the North Vietnamese, who were supported by the Soviet Union, China, and other communist allies, and the South Vietnamese, who were supported by the United States, South Korea, the Philippines, Australia, Thailand and other anti-communist allies. The war caused two more civil wars in Laos and Cambodia and resulted in all three countries becoming communist states.
1958 · Nuclear Bomb Accidently Dropped
Age 4
On March 11, 1958, an American B-47 carrying a nuclear bomb accidently drops it in woods of Mars Bluff, South Carolina. Luckily the bomb does not go off.
Name Meaning
English: nickname, perhaps for a good singer, from Middle English from Middle English larke, laverak, laverok, leverok, leverk, loverke ‘lark’ (Old English lāwerce, lǣwerce).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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