When Dr. Robert Louis Stein was born on 18 August 1929, in Berkeley, Alameda, California, United States, his father, Louis Lorenz Stein Jr., was 26 and his mother, Mildred Ruth "Milly" Slater, was 26. He married Anita Emma Schmidt on 28 July 1958, in Hamburg, Germany. He lived in Contra Costa, California, United States for about 5 years and Judicial Township 7, Contra Costa, California, United States in 1940. He died on 10 May 1997, in Piedmont, Alameda, California, United States, at the age of 67.
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The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
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.
The Presidential Succession Act is an act establishing the presidential line of succession. This was a precursor for the Twenty-fifth Amendment which outlines what is to happen when a President is killed, dies, or is unable to fulfill the responsibilities of President.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Middle High German stein, German Stein ‘rock’, hence a topographic name either for someone who lived on stony ground or for someone who lived by a notable outcrop of rock or by a stone boundary marker or monument. It could also be a metonymic occupational name for a mason or stonecutter, or, among Jews, an artificial name. This surname is also found elsewhere in central Europe, e.g. in Czechia, where it is also spelled Štein, and in Poland.
Dutch: from a shortened form of the personal name Augustijn (see Austin ) or a habitational name from any of the Dutch places called Stein.
Norwegian: habitational name from any of ten or more farmsteads, notably in southeastern Norway, from Old Norse steinn ‘stone’, most often named from a big rock on the farm.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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