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Robert Farren Titus (December 6, 1926 [1] – September 8, 2024) was a brigadier general and a career fighter pilot in the United States Air Force. Titus flew a combined total of 500 combat missions in Korean War and Vietnam War , and was credited in destroying 3 enemy aircraft in aerial combat during the Vietnam War. [ 2 ]
Tadeusz Kościuszko (1746–1817), a prominent figure in the history of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the American Revolution, made several wills, notably one in 1798 stipulating that the proceeds of his American estate be spent on freeing and educating African-American slaves, including those of his friend Thomas Jefferson whom he named as the will's executor.
Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko [note 1] (English: Andrew Thaddeus Bonaventure Kosciuszko; [note 2] 4 or 12 February 1746 – 15 October 1817) was a Polish military engineer, statesman, and military leader who then became a national hero in Poland, the United States, Lithuania, and Belarus.
Libby Titus, a singer who recorded two albums in the late 1960s and ’70s before retiring from the music scene, later becoming the wife of Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen, died Sunday at age 77. No ...
Kosciuszko Way can be found in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Kosciusko Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio; and General Thaddeus Kosciusko Way in downtown Los Angeles, California. There are two highways named in his honor: the Thaddeus Kosciuszko Memorial as part of Route 9 in New Britain, Connecticut and General Thaddeus Kosciusko Memorial Highway as part ...
Titus was described as "glamorous and compelling" and a "formidable singer-scenester". [27] [28] Her large personality prompted several musical tributes.She is the subject of Carly Simon's song "Libby" from the album Another Passenger (1976), to which Titus also contributed vocals. [29]
Kościuszko was a passenger steamship that was built in Scotland in 1915, sailed as a troopship in both World Wars, was an ocean liner between the wars, carried displaced persons after World War II and was scrapped in England in 1950.
Herbert William "Herb" Titus (October 17, 1937 – June 20, 2021) was an American attorney, writer, and political candidate. He was the Constitution Party 's nominee for Vice President during the 1996 presidential election .