Brief Life History of James
James Millis was born on 17 May 1928, in Michigan, United States. He died on 2 April 1993, at the age of 64.
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World Events (3)
1929
Age 1
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.
1931
Age 3
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
1954 · Worlds Largest Christmas Store
Age 26
Wally Bronner opened what would become the world's largest Christmas Store in 1954 as a result of successfully creating custom Christmas panels for city lampposts. Since then, the Frankenmuth store has expanded to a 27 acre landscaped lot with over 50,000 Christmas related items in his store. Bronner's attracts over two million guests per year.
Name Meaning
English (London): variant of Mills .
Dutch: habitational name from Milheeze in the province of North Brabant.
Dutch: from a short form of the personal name Amilius or Amelis (Latinized forms of an ancient Germanic name with the first element amal ‘capable, brave, eager’) or of the Latin name Aemilius (see Milian ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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