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Richard G. Fecteau (born 1927) [1] is an American Central Intelligence Agency operative who was captured by the People's Republic of China during a CIA-sponsored flight in the Korean War. [2] News of the capture of Fecteau and John T. Downey reached the United States in November 1954, sparking a nearly two decade battle of wills between the U.S ...
John Thomas Downey or Jack Downey (April 19, 1930 – November 17, 2014) was an American judge and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer. [1] As a CIA operative, he was shot down over China during the Korean War and was held prisoner for over twenty years—the longest-held prisoner of war in United States history.
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 ...
On December 15th, Cst. O'Leary and Cst. Bourgeois were found shot in a shallow grave after disappearing while searching for the kidnappers of a 14 year-old boy. Richard Ambrose (now Richard Bergeron) and James Hutchinson had kidnapped Raymond Stein, who was eventually released unharmed after his father paid the $15,000 ransom. [70]
Mount Pleasant Cemetery is a cemetery located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and is part of the Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries. It was opened in November 1876 and is located north of Moore Park, a neighbourhood of Toronto. The cemetery has kilometres of drives and walking paths interspersed with fountains, statues and botanical gardens, as ...
John G. Downey (1827–1894), Governor of California; John T. Downey (1930–2014), former CIA officer shot down over communist China and imprisoned for two decades; John V. Downey (c. 1884–1960), New York politician; John W. Downey (1927–2004), contemporary classical composer; John Downey (Iowa politician) (1834–1906), Irish-born ...
Barbara Frum (1937–1992), Canadian television news anchor and journalist (CBC) [1] Nick Harbaruk (1943–2011), Polish-born Canadian WHA and NHL hockey player; Murray Henderson (1921–2013), hockey player; Tim Horton (1930–1974), former Toronto Maple Leafs player and co-founder of Tim Hortons [1] Bob Jarvis (1935–2017), Canadian lawyer ...
The Old Fire Hall in 2007. The Old Fire Hall is the name given to the original home of The Second City company in Toronto and is located at 110 Lombard Street. [1] The Old Fire Hall was built in 1886 and served as the Toronto Fire Department Headquarters until 1910.