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  2. Day of the Dead - Wikipedia

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    The Brazilian public holiday of Dia de Finados, Dia dos Mortos or Dia dos Fiéis Defuntos (Portuguese: "Day of the Dead" or "Day of the Faithful Deceased") is celebrated on November 2. Similar to other Day of the Dead celebrations, people go to cemeteries and churches with flowers and candles and offer prayers. The celebration is intended as a ...

  3. List of presidents of the United States by date of death

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    The oldest president at the time of death was George H. W. Bush, who died at the age of 94 years, 171 days. [c] John F. Kennedy, assassinated at the age of 46 years, 177 days, was the youngest to have died in office; the youngest to have died by natural causes was James K. Polk, who died of cholera at the age of 53 years, 225 days.

  4. Dia de los Muertos, Day of the Dead, All Saints' Day ... - AOL

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    On the other hand, Day of the Dead is explicitly about the afterlife and remembrance. Candles are lit during All Saints Day at the cemetery in Vilnius, Lithuania, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022.

  5. Calavera - Wikipedia

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    Catrina is the most famous figure associated with the Day of the Dead. [4] [9] During Day of the Dead, skulls and skeletons are created from many materials such as wood, sugar paste, nuts, chocolate, etc. [9] When sugar skulls are purchased or given as gifts, the name of the deceased is often written with icing across the forehead of the skull ...

  6. Crucifixion of Jesus - Wikipedia

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    The crucifixion of Jesus was the death of Jesus by being nailed to a cross. [note 1] It occurred in 1st-century Judaea, most likely in AD 30 or AD 33.It is described in the four canonical gospels, referred to in the New Testament epistles, and later attested to by other ancient sources.

  7. List of battles with most United States military fatalities

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    The third-highest single-day toll was the Battle of Antietam, with 2,108 dead. The deadliest single-day battle in American history, if all engaged armies are considered, is the Battle of Antietam with 3,675 killed, including both United States and Confederate soldiers (total casualties for both sides were 22,717 dead, wounded, or missing Union ...

  8. 42 years ago today, 'Lord of the Rings' creator, J.R.R ... - AOL

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    The professor retired from teaching in 1959, and was graced with more and more literary fame until his death on September 2, 1973 at age 81. It was another 28 years after Tolkien's death before ...

  9. Timeline of the John F. Kennedy assassination - Wikipedia

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    Oswald died at 1:07 pm. [143] Kennedy's coffin was carried on a horse-drawn caisson to the Capitol to lie in state. Throughout the day and night, hundreds of thousands lined up to view the guarded casket, [144] [145] with a quarter million passing through the rotunda during the 18 hours of lying in state. [144]