Brief Life History of William Fred
When William Fred Long Jr. was born on 27 May 1929, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, his father, William Frederick Long Sr., was 26 and his mother, Martha C. Spoon, was 19. He married Nancy Ann Johnson on 2 May 1953, in Los Angeles, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 5 February 2003, in Huntington Beach, Orange, California, United States, at the age of 73.
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- William F Long, Jr, "United States 1950 Census"
- William Fred Long, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Willam Fred Long, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
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1931
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
1934 · Alcatraz Island Becomes Federal Penitentiary
Alcatraz Island officially became Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on August 11, 1934. The island is situated in the middle of frigid water and strong currents of the San Francisco Bay, which deemed it virtually inescapable. Alcatraz became known as the toughest prison in America and was seen as a “last resort prison.” Therefore, Alcatraz housed some of America’s most notorious prisoners such as Al Capone and Robert Franklin Stroud. Due to the exorbitant cost of running the prison, and the deterioration of the buildings due to salt spray, Alcatraz Island closed as a penitentiary on March 21, 1963.
1949 · NATO is Established
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an alliance between 29 North American and European countries. The agreement of the alliance is to help defend each other if attacked by an external country. The last country to enter was Montenegro in 2017.
Name Meaning
English and French: nickname for a tall person, from Old English lang, long, Old French long ‘long, tall’ (equivalent to Latin longus). Compare Dulong and Lelong .
Irish (Ulster and Munster): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Longáin (see Langan ).
German: variant of Lang ‘long’ and, in North America, also an altered form (translation into English) of this.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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