When Berendina Wilhelmina ten Hoeve was born on 23 September 1895, in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands, her father, Jan ten Hoeve, was 27 and her mother, Gerridina Hendrika van Dijk, was 27. She married Jan Nicolaas Hendrik van Santen on 26 November 1919, in Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 28 December 1976, in Pasco, Florida, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in First Baptist Church Cemetery, Campbellton, Jackson, Florida, United States.
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A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
A labor dispute broke out among Amsterdam workers regarding union rights. Union membership was obligatory with certain companies, but this was not the case for some other employers. The strikes began in January of 1903 and quickly spread across the country. Workers fought for the right to organize into unions and have the freedom to implement strikes.
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 鄧, see Deng 1.
Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 丁, see Ding 1.
Chinese: possibly also from Taishanese form of the Chinese name 進 (meaning ‘progress’), a monosyllabic personal name or part of a disyllabic personal name of some early Chinese immigrants in the US.
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