When John A Hackett was born on 28 December 1928, his father, Thomas F Hackett, was 41 and his mother, Emma C Vanderwerken, was 39. He died on 8 July 1996, in Troy, Rensselaer, New York, United States, at the age of 67.
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13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
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English (of Norman origin): from a Norman French personal name, Haket, a pet form of Old Norse Haki, Hake; see Hack .
English: possibly from Middle English hacaed (haket), a kind of fish, hence perhaps a nickname for someone supposed to resemble such a fish, or a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman or fish seller.
Irish: the Norman surname (see 1 above) is also common in Ireland, where it has been Gaelicized as Haicéid. It has also sometimes been adopted as an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Eachaidh (see Caughey , McGaffey ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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