Brief Life History of Gordon Donald
Gordon Donald Williams was born on 24 November 1937, in Jackson, Jackson, Michigan, United States as the son of George Prince Williams and Francis Hall. He died on 5 November 2002, in Melrose Park, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Elmhurst, DuPage, Illinois, United States.
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- Gordon D Williams in household of W H Williams, "United States Census, 1940"
- Gordon D Williams, "United States Social Security Death Index"
- Gordon D Williams, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
1942
On December 2, 1942, Enrico Fermi and a small band of scientists and engineers demonstrated that a simple construction of graphite bricks and uranium lumps could produce controlled heat. The space chosen for the first nuclear fission reactor was a squash court under the football stadium at the University of Chicago.
1955 · The Civil Rights Movement Begins
The civil rights movement was a movement to enforce constitutional and legal rights for African Americans that the other Americans enjoyed. By using nonviolent campaigns, those involved secured new recognition in laws and federal protection of all Americans. Moderators worked with Congress to pass of several pieces of legislation that overturned discriminatory practices.
Name Meaning
English: variant of William , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This form of the surname is also common in Wales. In North America, this surname has also absorbed some cognates from other languages, such as Dutch Willems . Williams is the third most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans and Native Americans.
History: This surname was brought to North America from southern England and Wales independently by many different bearers from the 17th century onward. Roger Williams, born in London in 1603, came to MA in 1630, but the clergyman was banished from the colony for his criticism of the Puritan government; he fled to RI and founded Providence.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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