When Glen Robert Andersen was born on 20 January 1923, in Devils Lake, Ramsey, North Dakota, United States, his father, Irvin Oscar Anderson, was 31 and his mother, Florence May Coon, was 27. He died on 13 September 2007, in Thiensville, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 84.
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Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
The nation's first unemployment compensation law was passed in Wisconsin on January 28, 1932.
The Yalta Conference was held in Crimea to talk about establishing peace and postwar reorganization in post-World War II Europe. The heads of government that were attending were from the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. Later the Conference would become a subject of controversy at the start of the Cold War.
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Niels, Lars, Nels, Per, Anders, Holger, Jorgen, Thor, Bjorn, Helmer, Alf.
Norwegian, Danish, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Anders, a vernacular form of Andreas . Compare Anderson 1.
Americanized form of Norwegian, North German, and very rare Danish patronymic Anderssen, a cognate of 1 above. Compare Andersson 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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