Brief Life History of Russell Billiu
When Senator Russell Billiu Long was born on 3 November 1918, in Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, United States, his father, Governor Huey Pierce Long Jr., was 25 and his mother, Senator Rose McConnell, was 26. He married Katherine Mae Hattic in June 1939. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Louisiana, United States in 2006 and Washington, United States in 2010. He died on 9 May 2003, in Washington, District of Columbia, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Roselawn Memorial Park, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States.
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- Russell B Long, "United States 1950 Census"
- Senator Russell Long, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- Russell Billiu Long, "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988"
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1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
1919 · Seattle General Strike
The Seattle general strike was a five day strike in 1919, where around 65,000 workers began striking for higher wages. This happened two years after WWI wage controls.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English and French: nickname for a tall person, from Old English lang, long, Old French long ‘long, tall’ (equivalent to Latin longus). Compare Dulong and Lelong .
Irish (Ulster and Munster): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Longáin (see Langan ).
German: variant of Lang ‘long’ and, in North America, also an altered form (translation into English) of this.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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