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 List of people who became famous only in death - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This section lists people who became famous only in death where the circumstances of their deaths were not related to any military, political, artistic or entertainment, or civil services situation.
This section lists people who became famous as their deaths occurred while they were operating in a civilian capacity in the context of a military conflict.
These deaths were people who died by being murdered or are suspected of being murdered in a non-hate crime, not by accident, not by suicide, nor the setting of an armed military confrontation.
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 List of murdered people - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
David Huffman, (1985), American actor; shot to death by a mugger.
Leo Ryan, (1978), Member of the United States House of Representatives, shot in an ambush in Guyana by members of the Peoples Temple sect led by Jim Jones.
Tiffany Souers, college student who was raped and strangled by a registered sex offender who had previously served prison sentences for sex-related crimes
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Zoroaster (628-551 BCE?) An Iranian prophet who was the founder of Zoorastrianism.
Saladin: (1138-1193) A sultan of Kurdish descent who recaptured Jerusalem from the Crusaders.
The president of Egypt who negotiated with Israel to end the long-standing conflict between the two countries Sadat won widespread admiration for his peacemaking efforts but was severely criticized by other Arab leaders for negotiating independently with Israel.
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 Drug War Victims
Xavier was accidentally shot to death by officers in a pre-dawn drug raid during a gunfight with one of Xavier's relatives.
Rudy was a father of five who was passing by a house targeted by narcotics officers attempting to serve a parole violation warrant and the police mistakenly thought he was the one they were there to arrest.
Ruiz was a husband and father who was a veteran of numerous SWAT raids.
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In 1952 the monarchy was overthrown and in 1954, Gamal Abdel Nasser became President of Egypt.
Egypt became an outcast of the Arab world for its recognition of the State of Israel and Sadat was assassinated by his own troops.
In 1969, the monarchy was overthrown in a coup led by Muammar Gadhafi who broke Libyan ties with Britain and the United States.
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 Famous People...
Only the people who write about him who themselves are collapsed on their first and second dynamic could ignore these things.
So not only just Ron, but all of us four hundred people had very clean, hygenic food, very clean, hygenic clothing, we washed our clothes every day, we had air-filters put in on the ship, so that no mosquitos or anything could get inside the ship and the air was totally pure.
And the people that wrote those words blamed it, blamed their own health on LRH, because they didn't seem to remember that it was for everybody on the ship to protect their health so that they could continue up the Bridge, and continue to do their Fourth and Third Dynamic missions.
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 Selected History of the Shields Family in the Early United States
William Shields was the son of the John Shields who died on the ocean voyage to America.
There was a James Shields associated with William Shields during the yearly years of the American Revolution who clearly was not his son James (although both sons James and John did serve with their father), but was quite possibly his older brother.
A second probable brother was named David, who married a Nesbitt, and concerning whom a genealogical record exists which suggest a family connection with William.
www.emmitsburg.net /archive_list/articles/people/histories/shields.htm   (1579 words)

  
 The American Experience | Houdini | People & Events | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
People are inevitably surprised, then, to find out that the real Conan Doyle was a far more complex man, one whose fervent belief in Spiritualism dominated the final dozen years of his life.
Both men were famous around the globe, and while their career paths were quite different they shared an energy and a virility that few could match.
Houdini’s athletic feats were obviously central to his act; although more famous as a writer, Conan Doyle was an avid sportsman and adventurer, a large man who struck many as the very embodiment of English manhood.
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 Famous Germans Austrians Swiss - The German Way
Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” became the official anthem of the European Community in 1986, and the unofficial anthem of German unification in 1989.
Became famous as the chief designer and architect for Germany's AEG electrical concern between 1909 and 1912.
Became mayor of West Berlin in 1957, was German chancellor (SPD, Social Democrats) from 1969 to 1974, and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1971 for his Ostpolitik of rapprochement with East Germany.
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 Benjamin Franklin from Basic Famous People - Biographies of Celebrities and other Famous People   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
On Denman's death Franklin returned to his former trade, and soon set up a printing house of his own from which he published The Pennsylvania Gazette, to which he contributed many essays and which he made a medium for agitating for a variety of local reforms.
In 1732 he began to issue the famous Poor Richard's Almanac on the basis of whose quips (both original and borrowed), such as "A penny saved is a penny earned", his popular reputation is based.
He is the only Founding Father who is a signatory of all three of the major documents of the founding of the United States, The Declaration of Independence, The Treaty of Paris and the United States Constitution.
www.basicfamouspeople.com /index.php?aid=18   (1379 words)

  
 Astronomy People : Starshine.com
Johannes Kepler, who was Brahe's assistant from 1600 until Brahe's death in 1601, used Brahe's data to help him formulate his three laws of planetary motion.
Kepler, in 1600, became the assistant to the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe in the latter's observatory near Prague.
Equally important, it became the first textbook of astronomy to be based on Copernican principles, and for the next three decades it was a major influence in converting many astronomers to Keplerian Copernicanism.
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 Religion of History's 100 Most Influential People
It is only provided only to refresh one's memory about the identity of the historical person - not to encapsulate or summarize their career.
Only those who have experienced Scientology would understand these words, and therefore I would not expect others to understand or agree with me. For those who may seek to know more about Scientology, see my website: www.our-home.org/charliebenedetti.
My choice of Muhammad to lead the list of the world's most influential persons may surprise some readers and may be questioned by others, but he was the only man in history who was supremely successful on both the religious and secular levels...
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 Pop History - Famous People of the Fifties
The names of famous and influential people are scattered throughout the FiftiesWeb This is merely a short list for those of you who have been asked the question, Name Some Famous People.
Eisenhower was frist a war hero who served in the Philippines from 1935 to 1939 with Gen. Douglas MacArthur.
During World War II when France was invaded by Germany, De Gaulle, who had opposed the Franco-German armistice, fled in June of 1940 to London, where he organized the Free French forces and rallied several French colonies to his movement.
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 PressThink: What's Radical About the Weblog Form in Journalism?
I am only saying that publications should make clear to their employees the forms of blogging that they feel comfortable with, and at the very least, they should encourage their staff to discuss the desire to blog and work out some sort of solution to the situation.
Such people should probably learn to write better, but learning to write is a hell of a lot easier than, say, getting a degree in molecular genetics, which might actually qualify someone to be a science writer for a publication read by hundreds of thousands.
The journalists who offer us strategy news do not know what public service they are providing, why they are providing it, for whom it is intended, or how we are supposed to use this strange variety of news."More...
journalism.nyu.edu /pubzone/weblogs/pressthink/2003/10/16/radical_ten.html   (9861 words)

  
 John F. Kennedy from Basic Famous People - Biographies of Celebrities and other Famous People   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
He was a handsome, photogenic man who seemed open and accessible, and his administration marked a notable increase in direct media exposure of the president to the public at large, through television broadcasts from the Oval Office, televised press conferences, and numerous photo spreads in popular magazines.
His glamorous wife "Jackie" was as newsworthy as he was, and the way they handled personal tragedies, especially the death of their newborn son Patrick Bouvier Kennedy in August 1963, enhanced their public image.
This brief tenure was marked by such notable events as the acceleration of the United States' role in the space race, the beginning of the escalation of the American role in the Vietnam War, the Cuban missile crisis, and the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba; these events aggravated the Cold War with the USSR.
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 Abraham Lincoln Biography at People Search Sites
His claims to fame are too numerous to list here; he is most often remembered for leading the Union through the Civil War and freeing Confederate slaves with the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation; for delivering the Gettysburg Address, the most famous oration in American history; and for his tragic assassination by John Wilkes Booth.
Lincoln was preceded by James Buchanan, the only president to remain a bachelor for life...
A famous (and enormous) biography of Lincoln was written by 20th-century author Carl Sandburg.
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 Native American Culture - Famous Leaders
Ohiyesa was a Santee Sioux raised in the traditional ways who became an educated and famous author; 1858-1939.
This great leader of the Oneida Nation who was a hero of the Revolutionary War was born in 1710 and lived for 106 years.
Kiowa chief, who attempted to prevent the demise of Kiowa sovereignty and proved willing to use both diplomacy and warfare as means to secure his ends.
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 Lviv - Lvov - Lwow - Lemberg. Famous people - biographies, links, photos.
My hometown has given rise to many more famous people, notable in literature, arts, sciences, philosophy and so on than would be expected for a city of such modest size and population.
There is a list of more than 80 titles at amazon.com Click on this link to browse them.
Most famous for his contributions to axiology, or theory of values and for his theory of objects.
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 A Brief History
Ancient librarians would have had high status in their societies because they were often scholars or priests and they would have been among the only people able to read.
These monasteries were the only repositories of written knowledge and in a period known for its religiosity these monk librarians were accorded a high status.
The status of librarianship has remained a concern throughout this century as evidenced by the professional literature we have gathered but, stereotypes to the contrary, librarians have proven to be an adaptable profession that is especially concerned with its image and its future.
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 Please title this page. FAMOUS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
At the age of 24 in 1998 he became only the third golfer in the history of the PGA tour to shoot a 59.
Her death united the Navajo and Hopi People in sorrow and stands as a personal example of the unmatched sacrifice and contribution of Aboriginal People to the defense of the United States of America.
A memorial fund has been established for Lori's children, who are living today with their grandparents.
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 The American Experience | Houdini | People & Events | Martin Beck
Although he was voted out of the presidency of the Orpheum circuit after it went public in 1923, Martin Beck remained a potent force in theatrical circles.
He opened the impressive Martin Beck Theater in 1924, the only theater in New York on which there was no mortgage.
At the time of his death in 1940, he was enjoying the run of Cabin in the Sky, the latest production he had brought to the Martin Beck Theater.
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 C. M. Kornbluth
In his teens he became part of the Futurians club (to which Pohl, Merril, and Asimov all belonged) where he socialized and traded ideas with many who would become important authors in the sci-fi genre.
He died in 1958 at the age of 34, an age when most writers begin to hit their stride and begin producing their best work (especially novel length).
Kornbluth was awarded the Hugo, posthumously in 1973, for "The Meeting", an honor he shared with co-author Frederik Pohl (who, over the years, has completed a great deal of Kornbluth's unfinished work and saw it to publication).
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 Famous Quotes Famous Sayings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
QuotableOnline is a collection of over 12000 famous quotations, searchable by author, subject, or source.
Only quality selections are listed in these ever expanding archives.
Analyze your relationships with celebrities and famous figures - in mathematical terms - for presence and strength of mutual commitment, intimacy, passion, and synergy.
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 Famous Hams and ex-Hams
However, we have made every effort, through exhaustive research and direct communication with many of the people on this list and their relatives and associates, to maintain as accurate a list as possible.
At the age of 18 became Naval aviation ordnance chief, one of the youngest to ever achieve this rank.
Ham who received in his Hartsdale, New York, cellar first transatlantic TV signal transmitted by its inventor, John Logie Baird, from amateur station 2KZ in London on February 8, 1928; three days later, The New York Times compared the feat to Marconi's first transatlantic transmission of the letter "S" in 1901.
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 Famous Polio People   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
She is often described as “the glue that held the polios together.” Gini lost two sisters and a brother to polio, and another sister contracted polio but survived.
Through this publication, and her correspondence with polio survivors, people with other disabilities, medical professionals, and independent living advocates, she began a network that was instrumental in identifying the problems we now face.
She became a member of Mouth and Foot Artists along with more polio survivors and others from many countries.
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 famous   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Not as widely known, however, is that he was a considerable scholar who brought back from Abyssinia three copies of the Book of Enoch, the apocryphal book which relates to the Royal Arch Degrees, certain of the Scottish Rite Degrees and to the Royal Order of Scotland.
DeMille became the creative genius behind Paramount Pictures and was integral to Hollywood's development as the film capitol of the world.
He became Bishop of London in 1939, and archbishop of Canterbury in 1945.
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 Famous People in the Great War
The people on this list were all extraordinary.
Some of their roles may look small and insignificant, and some of them were rather unknown at that time - but in the years to come the world was going to hear from them.
All these people were wounded, scratched, insulted, loved, disappointed, satisfied, challenged, brutalized, robbed from their ideals or otherwise shaped by the experiences they had during the Great War.
www.greatwar.nl /famous/famouspeople.html   (10283 words)

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