When Selwyn Berson was born in 1929, in Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Hyman Berson, was 31 and his mother, Sophie, was 23. He lived in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States in 1940. He died in 2008, in Connecticut, United States, at the age of 79.
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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.
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
United States military forces play a leading role against North Korean and Chinese troops in Korean War.
Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Isadore, Aron, Emanuel, Myer.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): patronymic from the Yiddish male personal name Ber (‘bear’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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