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George Earl Preddy Jr. (February 5, 1919 – December 25, 1944) was a United States Army Air Forces officer during World War II and an American ace credited with 26.83 enemy air-to-air kills (a number that includes shared one-half and one-third victory credits), [1] ranking him as the top P-51 Mustang ace of World War II and eighth on the list of highest scoring American aces.
Jan Van Dyke, dancer and choreographer, resided in Greensboro, taught at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro; pioneer for modern dance in Greensboro [113] Jeff Varner, Survivor contestant ; Don Vaughan, former state senator and former member of the Greensboro City Council; helped obtain passage in 2010 of Susie's Law [114]
He attended the University of North Carolina and the University of North Carolina School of Law. [3] He served in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean conflict. [1] [4] In 1971, Miller was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives, [1] serving until 2000. [5] Miller died in December 2021 at his home, at the age of 91. [1]
"Greensboro". North Carolina: A Guide to the Old North State. American Guide Series. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. p. 203+ – via Open Library. Ethel Stephens Arnett. 1955. Greensboro, North Carolina, the county seat of Guilford. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. Hill's Greensboro (Guilford County, N.C.) City ...
Dr. George Simkins Jr. (August 23, 1924 – November 21, 2001) was a dentist, community leader in Greensboro, North Carolina, and civil rights activist.During the 1950s, he won several significant desegregation lawsuits and was, for a quarter of a century, the president of the Greensboro branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
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George Dames, 87, American politician, member of the Missouri House of Representatives (1971–1993). [795] George Folsey Jr., 85, American film producer and editor (Animal House, The Blues Brothers, Coming to America), pneumonia. [796] John Glenister, 92, British television director (The Six Wives of Henry VIII, Z-Cars, Hetty Wainthropp ...
The Greensboro massacre was a deadly confrontation which occurred on November 3, 1979, in Greensboro, North Carolina, US, when members of the Ku Klux Klan and the American Nazi Party (ANP) shot and killed five participants in a "Death to the Klan" march which was organized by the Communist Workers Party (CWP).