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  2. W. B. Smith Whaley House - Wikipedia

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    W. B. Smith Whaley House, also known as the Dunbar Funeral Home, is a historic home located at Columbia, South Carolina, United States. It built in 1892–1893, and is a three-story, irregular plan, Queen Anne style frame dwelling. It features a corner turret with conical roof and a long curving enclosed front porch.

  3. List of unarmed African Americans killed by law enforcement ...

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    Police responded to a home and found the homeowner yelling that Anderson was trying to kill him. Officers chased Anderson, who tried to jump a nearby fence. He fell on his back on the ground, and shortly after an officer pursuing Anderson shot him in the neck. An inquest jury found the shooting unintentional. [83] February 13, 1996 Christopher ...

  4. A.P. Williams Funeral Home - Wikipedia

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    A.P. Williams Funeral Home is a historic African-American funeral home located at Columbia, South Carolina. It was built between 1893 and 1911 as a single-family residence, and is a two-story frame building with a hipped roof with gables and a columned porch. At that time, it was one of six funeral homes that served black customers.

  5. List of people executed in South Carolina - Wikipedia

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    West Columbia Police Officer Daniel Wayne Cogburn [3] 7 Fred H. Kornahrens III: White 47 M July 19, 1996 Charleston: Patti Jo Kornahrens, Jason Avant, and Harry Wilkerson 8 Michael Rian Torrence: White 35 M September 6, 1996 Lexington: Dennis Lollis, Charles Bush, and Cynthia Williams 9 Larry Gene Bell: White 46 M October 4, 1996 Electrocution

  6. Charity Adams Earley - Wikipedia

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    Charity Adams Earley (née Adams; December 5, 1918 – January 13, 2002) was a United States Army officer. She was the first African-American woman to become an officer in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (later WACs) and was the commanding officer of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, which was made up of African-American women serving overseas during World War II.

  7. Harriet M. Cornwell Tourist House - Wikipedia

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    Harriet M. Cornwell Tourist House is a historic tourist home for African-American patrons located at Columbia, South Carolina. It was built about 1895, and is a two-story, frame American Foursquare style dwelling. It has a hipped roof and features a one-story wraparound porch. Mrs. Cornwell began operating her house as a tourist home during the ...

  8. Bixby letter - Wikipedia

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    A similar letter Lincoln sent to Fanny McCullough in 1862. The fate of the original letter given to Bixby is unknown. William A. Bixby, a son of Oliver, told The New York Times in an August 9, 1925, interview that he did not know what happened to the letter after his grandmother received it, though he doubted it still survived. [37]

  9. List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft ...

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    The group held funeral services for all the men the next day at the U.S. Military Cemetery on the outskirts of Palermo. Night of 23–24 November The Deutsche Luftfahrt Sammlung (Berlin Air Museum), at Lehrter Bahnhof , is destroyed in an RAF bombing raid by 383 aircraft:365 Avro Lancaster , 10 Handley Page Halifax , and 8 de Havilland Mosquito ...