When Pansy Yolanda Dawes was born on 7 October 1883, in Kansas, United States, her father, Fernando Brenton Dawes, was 27 and her mother, Olive Elnora Wilson, was 26. She lived in Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States in 1900 and Clay Center, Clay, Kansas, United States in 1910. She died on 16 October 1948, in Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Clay Center, Clay, Kansas, United States.
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Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
In 1890, Robert Miller Womack discovers a rich gold deposit along Cripple Creek, near the western slope of Pikes Peak. This would become the richest gold strike in the Rocky Mountin area.
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
English: variant of Daw , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
German (Däwes): either a patronymic from an ancient Germanic personal name Davo, or a variant of Tewes . The surname Däwes is rare in Germany.
History: William Dawes (1745–99) was a prominent citizen of Boston, MA, and rode with Paul Revere to warn colonists of the British invasion in 1775. He is buried in Boston's King's Chapel Burying Ground.
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