Brief Life History of Ramona Louise
When Ramona Louise Pitkin was born on 28 November 1953, her father, Donald Eugene Pitkin, was 26 and her mother, Martha Marie Kvekshas, was 27. She died on 4 June 1957, in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States, at the age of 3, and was buried in Burns, Harney, Oregon, United States.
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- Ramona Pitkin, "Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998"
- Ramona Louise Pitkin, "Find a Grave Index"
- Ramona Louise Pitkin, "BillionGraves Index"
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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.
1955 · To War in Vietnam
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.
1956 · The Federal Aid Highway Act
With the construction of 41,000 miles of the Interstate Highway System, the Federal Aid Highway Act made way for the largest public works project in American history at that time. One of the purposes was to provide military access to places in case of an attack.
Name Meaning
English (Buckinghamshire): variant of Pipkin .
History: The Pitkin name was introduced by William Pitkin, a leading lawyer and judge in CT, who migrated from Marylebone, London, to Hartford, CT, in 1660. William was probably the largest landowner on the east side of the Connecticut River, where he owned part of a saw and grist mill.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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