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Chatham was laid out in the 1830s, and named after Chatham, New York, the native home of a share of the first settlers. [1] A variant name was Chatham Center. [2] A post office called Chatham Centre was established in 1837, the name was changed to Chatham Center in 1893, and the post office closed in 1895. [3]
Richard Denning (born Louis Albert Heindrich Denninger Jr.; March 27, 1914 – October 11, 1998) [1] was an American actor who starred in science fiction films of the 1950s, including Unknown Island (1948), Creature from the Black Lagoon , Target Earth (1954), Day the World Ended (1955), Creature with the Atom Brain (1955), and The Black ...
Chatham, 4 places in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and New York – William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (Prime Minister of Great Britain) [124] [125] Chaumont, New York – Jacques-Donatien Le Ray de Chaumont (proprietor) [125] Cheney, Kansas – P.B. Cheney (stockholder of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway) [126]
The following is a list of notable deaths in December 2011.. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
Denning was born on 23 January 1899 in Whitchurch, Hampshire, to Charles Denning, a draper, and his wife Clara Denning (née Thompson).He was one of six children; his older brother Reginald Denning later became a staff officer with the British Army, and his younger brother Norman Denning became Director of Naval Intelligence and Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Intelligence). [4]
After the town council closed the pit, Holland's funeral was held in the middle of the street on December 5. According to a witness, Holland was singing the Christian hymn " When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder " by James Milton Black prior to his death, and reached the line "when the roll is called up yonder I'll be there" just before he fell.
Arthur Armstrong Denny (June 20, 1822 – January 9, 1899) was an American politician and businessman who is regarded as one of the founders of Seattle, Washington. [1] He founded the Denny Party, [1] [2] and was later the city's wealthiest citizen.
Herman Melville (born Melvill; [a] August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851); Typee (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia; and Billy Budd, Sailor, a posthumously published novella.