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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 ...
Roderick John Thomson (5 February 1924 – 26 December 1994) was a New Democratic Party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a farmer by career. He was a farmer by career. Rod Thomson was first elected at the Battleford—Kindersley riding in the 1968 general election after an unsuccessful attempt to win the Rosetown—Biggar riding ...
The Thomson Baronetcy, of Old Nunthorpe in the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 3 July 1925 for Wilfrid Thomson. He was a partner in the firm of Beckett & Co, bankers, of York. Thomson was the eldest son of the Most Reverend William Thomson, Archbishop of York from 1862 to 1890. As of 2007 the title is held ...
Angola, New York 18 December – United States – Angola Horror – The Buffalo-bound New York Express of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern derails its last coach, and it plunges off a truss bridge into Big Sister Creek just after passing Angola, New York. The next car is also pulled from the track and rolls down the far embankment.
D.P. Thomson had a supporting role in the Tell Scotland Movement [43] and also in the Edinburgh events of the Billy Graham All-Scotland Campaign of spring 1955. [ 44 ] To coordinate the volunteers Thomson recruited from congregations across Scotland he founded the Work & Witness Movement [ 45 ] and, 1955–58, led geographically ambitious ...
Alexander Thomson of Duddingston, advocate, (died 1603), who married Margaret Preston in 1594, [7] a daughter of Samuel Preston of Craigmillar, and widow of Walter Cant. [8] Alexander Thomson, apothecary. In 1590 he had a shop or booth in a tenement at the top of Niddry's Wynd in Edinburgh. [9] Adam Thomson, apothecary
The Oliver H. Bair Funeral Home is an historic, American building that is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. History and architectural features The ...
Thomson and his wife, Alden Gay, were founding members of the Screen Actors Guild. [4] The group was founded after meetings held at the Thomsons' home during 1933. [5] He was the group's secretary and its magazine's managing editor. [2] During Thomson's 12-year career in front of the camera, he appeared in over 60 films. [6]