When Frank Benjamin Hazleton was born in July 1892, in Illinois, United States, his father, Torrence Herbert Hazleton, was 23 and his mother, Ella Workman, was 24. He lived in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States for about 10 years and Manitoba, Canada in 1916. He died on 20 April 1966, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, at the age of 73, and was buried in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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The Chicago World's Fair was held to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the New World. The centerpiece of the Fair was a large water pool that represented Columbus's voyage across the Atlantic to the Americas. The Fair had a profound effect on new architecture designs, sanitation advancement, and the arts. The Fairgrounds were given the nickname the White City due to its lavish paint and materials used to construct it. Over 27 million people attended the fair during its six-month of operation. Among many of the inventions exhibited there was the first Ferris wheel built to rival the Eiffel Tower in France.
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.
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
English: variant of Hazelton or Hazeltine .
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