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Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
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Jul. 7—ALBANY — Of the 16 million Americans who served in World War II, about 300,000 remain with us, and their numbers are dwindling by about 300 each day.
The Samuel Farkas House is a historic residence in Albany, Georgia. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 9, 1977. It is located at 328 West Broad Avenue. Samuel Farkas (October 25, 1921 - December 30, 2012) was a war hero in World War II and part of the family that operated the New Albany Hotel.
The seven British cadets killed at Darr and Turner Field, were interred at Albany's Crown Hill Cemetery. A granite monument and flagpole erected by the Albany American Legion Post 30 mark the graves today. On December 11, 1941, the Defense Plant Corporation bought the school from Mr. Darr for $408,000 and the airfield was called Albany Army ...
Albany is home to Sowegans SC, an amateur soccer team founded in 2023 and competing in the Gulf Coast Premier League. The team hosts home matches at Westover Comprehensive High School. [68] Craft Axe Throwing Albany brought the sport of axe throwing to Albany in 2019. The sport has continued to grow and enhance Albany's community.
His obituary in the Minneapolis Morning Tribune described him as a 33rd degree Freemason and the Knights Templar. [33] [34] Ezra Ames (1768–1836), American portrait painter [6] Oliver Ames (1831–1895), 35th governor of Massachusetts. Primary lodge membership unknown, but made honorary member of Columbian Lodge of Boston. [10]
Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany (1425) – executed by order of James I of Scotland Walter Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl (1437) – executed for his part in the murder of James I of Scotland William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas (1440) – executed at Edinburgh Castle on trumped-up charges in front of James II of Scotland