When Nellie Lucinda Moomau was born on 25 May 1894, in Nebraska, United States, her father, Franklin Pierce Moomau, was 26 and her mother, Anna May Johnson, was 20. She had at least 3 sons with Charles Harrison Powell. She lived in Laramie, Wyoming, United States in 1920 and Montebello Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. She died on 22 October 1985, in Santa Rosa, Riverside, California, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, California, 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 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
Variant of Mumaw , a surname of German origin. Compare Moomaw .
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