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Robert Wayne Duncan (20 December 1920 – 12 October 2013) was an American flying ace in the Pacific theatre of World War II.Duncan was the first person to shoot down a Mitsubishi A6M Zero while flying a Grumman F6F Hellcat. [1]
Wilson had previously appointed Clarke to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. After having Newton Baker (Wilson's Secretary of War and a close friend of Clarke's) speak with Clarke to confirm his opposition to trusts, [20] Wilson offered Clarke the nomination. Though Clarke was reluctant to abandon ...
James Clark McReynolds (February 3, 1862 – August 24, 1946) was an American lawyer and judge from Tennessee who served as United States Attorney General under President Woodrow Wilson and as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He served on the Court from 1914 to his retirement in 1941.
William Howard Taft, who was chief justice from 1921 to 1930 after serving as president of the United States from 1909 to 1913, was the first justice for whom a state funeral has been held; Justice Ginsburg, who served as an associate justice from 1993 to 2020, was the second to receive this honor. [1] [2] [3]
Lloyd Estel Copas (July 15, 1913 – March 5, 1963), known by his stage name Cowboy Copas, was an American country music singer. He was popular from the 1940s until his death in the 1963 plane crash that also killed country stars Patsy Cline and Hawkshaw Hawkins. [1]
Earl John Hindman [citation needed] (/ ˈ h aɪ n d m ə n /; October 20, 1942 – December 29, 2003) [1] was an American actor, best known for his roles as Bob Reid on the television soap opera Ryan's Hope from 1975-1984 and 1988-89, and as Wilson W. Wilson on the sitcom Home Improvement from 1991-1999.
David Harrison Macon (October 7, 1870 – March 22, 1952), known professionally as Uncle Dave Macon, was an American old-time banjo player, singer, songwriter, and comedian.