Davis R Swindler

Male1926–6 December 2007

Brief Life History of Davis R

Davis R Swindler was born in 1926, in West Virginia, United States. He died on 6 December 2007, in Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States, at the age of 81.

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    1927

    Age 1

    Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

    1929

    Age 3

    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.

    1940

    Age 14

    Galloping Gertie is the reference used to describe the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. It opened on July 1, 1940 four months later it no longer existed. On November 7, 1940 the wind gusts came up to 40 miles an hour causing the bridge to twist and vibrate violently before it collapsed into Puget Sound. The only victim of the bridge collapsing was a three-legged paralyzed dog named Tubby whose owner tried to rescue him from the car but he wouldn’t go with him.

    Name Meaning

    Americanized form (translation into English) of South German Schwindler, a nickname from an agent derivative of Middle High German swindeln ‘to swindle’.

    English: variant of either Swindells , Swindlehurst , or Swinley, a habitational name from Swinley (Lancashire).

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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