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Deaths/Year/1000 people Year Population White people Black people 1821 New York City 5.3 9.6 1830 New York City 4.4 12.0 1844 New York City 3.6 8.2 1849 New Orleans 4.9 5.2 1855 New York City 3.1 12.0 1860 New York City 2.4 6.7 1865 New York City 2.8 6.7 1880 New Orleans 3.3 6.0 1890 New Orleans 2.5 5.9
Margaret Petherbridge Farrar (March 23, 1897 – June 11, 1984) was an American journalist and the first crossword puzzle editor for The New York Times (1942–1968). Creator of many of the rules of modern crossword design, she compiled and edited a long-running series of crossword puzzle books – including the first book of any kind that Simon & Schuster published (1924). [1]
Anne and Emily Brontë and other members of the Brontë family of writers, poets and painters were struck by tuberculosis. Anne, their brother Branwell, and Emily all died of it within two years of each other. Charlotte Brontë's death in 1855 was stated at the time as having been due to tuberculosis, but there is some controversy over this today.
The name of a chemical element may be used to signify its symbol; e.g., W for tungsten; The days of the week; e.g., TH for Thursday; Country codes; e.g., "Switzerland" can indicate the letters CH; ICAO spelling alphabet: where Mike signifies M and Romeo R
The poet John Keats, here depicted by William Hilton c. 1822, died of tuberculosis aged 25.. Tuberculosis, known variously as consumption, phthisis, and the great white plague, was long thought to be associated with poetic and artistic qualities in its sufferers, and was also known as "the romantic disease". [2]
Per the official synopsis, in the episode, which airs Tuesday, Gates introduces actors Debra Messing and Lynskey to their roots, telling stories of ancestors who made bold decisions that reshaped ...
When 51-year-old Pazit Aviv walks her dog in her Silver Spring, Md., neighborhood, it takes an extra 30 minutes as she inevitably gets lost in an impromptu chat with a neighbor.
Shirley Chisholm (1924–2005) – first female African American U.S. Representative and first African American major-party candidate for U.S. President; Alice Clark (died 2004) – singer; Donald C. Clark Sr. (1931–2020) – businessman and philanthropist; Adele Clarke (1945–2024) – sociologist and women's health scholar