When Chris E. Mercer was born on 21 December 1941, in Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States, his father, Robert Tressler Mercer, was 23 and his mother, Martha Marie Cathcart, was 18. He died on 21 November 2005, in Littleton, Arapahoe, Colorado, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Littleton, Arapahoe, Colorado, United States.
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Caused by the tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan, the internment of Japanese Americans caused many to be forced out of their homes and forcibly relocated into concentration camps in the western states. More than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps in fear that some of them were spies for Japan.
On Jan 6 1942, the U.S. Army announced Colorado Springs was the site of future Army base Camp Carson, later renamed Fort Carson.
Explorer 1 was the first satellite of the United States to be launched and successfully orbit the Earth.
English and Catalan: occupational name for a merchant, from Old French mercier, merchier (see Mercier ). In Middle English the term was applied particularly to someone who dealt in textiles, especially the more costly and luxurious fabrics such as silks, satin, and velvet.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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