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Robert Pershing Wadlow (February 22, 1918 – July 15, 1940), also known as the Alton Giant and the Giant of Illinois, was an American man. He is the tallest person in recorded history for whom there is irrefutable evidence. Wadlow was born and raised in Alton, Illinois, a small city near St. Louis, Missouri. [1]
He is believed to have either died as a prisoner of war after his aircraft was downed over Haiphong, North Vietnam, or to have died in the crash of his plane. [270] 7 June 1967 James P. Brady: 59 Saskatchewan, Canada Brady, a Canadian Metis leader, and Cree friend Abraham Halkett disappeared while on a prospecting trip in northern Saskatchewan ...
Killed in plane crash 13 years Harry Cleveland Ross Jr. 48 United States of America 1963 Jenny Cheok Cheng Kid: 22 Singapore: On 27 August 1963, 22-year-old Jenny Cheok and her boyfriend Sunny Ang, a 24-year-old part-time law student, went on a scuba diving trip near Sisters' Islands, Singapore (the waters around the area were known to be ...
This is the incredible life of Robert Wadlow, ... 5-year-old Wadlow wore clothes intended for a 17-year-old. Three years later, Wadlow towered at a height of 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighed ...
This list includes Italian American mobsters and organized crime figures that operate in the United States, ... Robert DiBernardo, "DiB" (1937–1986) Paul DiCocco Sr
United Air Lines Flight 553 was a scheduled service from Washington National Airport to Omaha, Nebraska, via Chicago Midway International Airport. The aircraft used for the flight was a four-year-old Boeing 737-222, City of Lincoln, registration N9031U, [10] [1]: 2 (built in 1968).
A jury found AA liable for the accident and awarded Creasy's family $175,000 plus funeral expenses, a decision that was upheld on appeal to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. [4] Two years after the crash of Flight 383, TWA Flight 128 crashed on the same hill while on approach to Cincinnati under poor visibility conditions. [5]
The first ground fatalities from an aircraft crash occurred on 21 July 1919, when the Wingfoot Air Express crash took place. The airship crashed into the Illinois Trust and Savings Building in Chicago, Illinois, killing three of the five occupants of the aircraft, in addition to ten people on the ground. [1]