Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Their plans were preempted by the arrival of a larger group of about 10 Huaorani warriors, who killed Elliot and his four companions on January 8, 1956. Jim Elliot was the first of the five missionaries killed when he and Peter Fleming were greeting two of those attackers.
However, on January 13, all four of the bodies found were positively identified by watches and wedding rings, and McCully's body was not among them, confirming that all five were dead. In the midst of a tropical storm, they were buried in a common grave at Palm Beach on January 14 by members of the ground search party. [25] [26] [27] [28]
Nate Saint. Nathanael Saint (30 August 1923 – 8 January 1956) was an evangelical Christian missionary pilot who, along with four others, was killed in Ecuador while attempting to evangelize the Huaorani people through efforts known as Operation Auca.
January 8 is the eighth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 357 days remain until the end of the year (358 in leap years). ... 1956 – Operation Auca: ...
Before the bus boycott, Jim Crow laws mandated the racial segregation of the Montgomery Bus Line. As a result of this segregation, African Americans were not hired as drivers, were forced to ride in the back of the bus, and were frequently ordered to surrender their seats to white people even though black passengers made up 75% of the bus system's riders. [2]
Doris Day performing the song in the 1956 film The Man Who Knew Too Much. " Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) " [a] is a song written by the team of Jay Livingston and Ray Evans that was first published in 1955. [4] Doris Day introduced it in the Alfred Hitchcock film The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), [5] singing it as a cue to their ...
October 24, 1956: Lee Harvey Oswald drops out of high school and joins the U.S. Marine Corps, where he is trained as a sharpshooter. [1] October 31, 1959: Oswald defects to the Soviet Union and is sent to work at an electronics factory in Minsk. November 8, 1960: John F. Kennedy wins the 1960 United States presidential election.
The Day of the Dead (Spanish: el Día de Muertos or el Día de los Muertos) [ 2 ][ 3 ] is a holiday traditionally celebrated on November 1 and 2, though other days, such as October 31 or November 6, may be included depending on the locality. [ 4 ][ 5 ][ 6 ] The multi-day holiday involves family and friends gathering to pay respects and remember ...