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The Edward V. Rickenbacker House is a historic house in the Driving Park neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. Built in 1895, it was the childhood home of Eddie Rickenbacker (1890–1973), who at various times in his life was a flying ace , Medal of Honor recipient, race car driver and a pioneer in air transportation.
Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr. (23 February 1915 – 1 November 2007) was a brigadier general in the United States Air Force.He is best known as the aircraft captain who flew the B-29 Superfortress known as the Enola Gay (named after his mother) when it dropped a Little Boy, the first of two atomic bombs used in warfare, on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
Lewis, a self-made millionaire and co-owner of Wildlife on Easy Street, disappeared after leaving his home in Tampa, Florida. His van was found forty miles away at a private airport with the keys on the floorboard. Investigators visited land that Lewis owned in Costa Rica, but could not find any evidence. [96] [97] 13 October 1997 Amanda Dawn ...
Edward John Herrmann (November 6, 1913 – December 22, 1999) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Columbus in Ohio from 1973 to 1982. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Washington D.C. from 1966 to 1973.
[2] [12] A ceremony on September 15, 1964 (William's 107th birthday), celebrated the home becoming a National Historic Landmark. The association gained full title to the house in 1968 and in 1969 transferred it to the National Park Service, which currently operates the site as a historic house museum, so that its future upkeep is ensured.
United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery, Washington, D.C. Charles B. Farwell: March 4, 1879 (U.S. House tenure March 4, 1859 – April 2, 1862 and March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871/previously served March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1877) February 9, 1826 Murphysboro, Illinois: 49th: Edward W. Robertson: Democratic Louisiana (6th ...
On December 31, 2001, Heckart died of lung cancer at her home in Norwalk, Connecticut, at the age of 82. [11] She was cremated with her ashes scattered outside the Music Box Theatre in Manhattan, New York. [12]
John Jay (J.J.) McKelvey was born Sunday, 24 May 1863, in Sandusky, Ohio, to the parents of John McKelvey and Jane Rowland Huntington McKelvey.J.J.'s paternal grandparents were Matthew McKelvey and Nancy Adams McKelvey, and his paternal great-grandparents were William McKelvey and Mary Toppings McKelvey along with Bildad Adams and Mary Hines Adams.