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The fatal shooting of President William McKinley in the Temple of Music at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. "Goodbye, all, goodbye. It is God's way. His will be done." [1] [note 1] — William McKinley, president of the United States (14 September 1901), dying after being shot on 6 September
Both Eastern and Western cultural traditions ascribe special significance to words uttered at or near death, [4] but the form and content of reported last words may depend on cultural context. There is a tradition in Hindu and Buddhist cultures of an expectation of a meaningful farewell statement; Zen monks by long custom are expected to ...
The presidency of William Henry Harrison, who died 31 days after taking office in 1841, was the shortest in American history. [9] Franklin D. Roosevelt served the longest, over twelve years, before dying early in his fourth term in 1945. He is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms. [10]
Last Words, a poem by Emily Brontë published in The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë (1908) Last Words, a poem by Anne Brontë published in Complete poems of Anne Brontë (1920) Last Words: The Final Journals of William S. Burroughs, a 2000 book edited by James Grauerholz; Last Words, a 2009 memoir by George Carlin
On 30 June 1882, the day of the execution of Guiteau for the assassination of President James Garfield, Guiteau announced, after famously dancing his way to the gallows, that he would read a poem that he had written. Guiteau said that he had written the poem, entitled "I Am Going to the Lordy", at about 10:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time that day ...
His Personal Memoirs is considered by historians to be among the best by a U.S. president. Many presidents of the United States have written autobiographies about their presidencies and/or (some periods of) their life before their time in office. Some 19th-century U.S. presidents who wrote autobiographies are James Buchanan and Ulysses S. Grant ...
William Bernard Brahms (born October 1, 1966) is an American librarian, encyclopedist, author and historian best known for his encyclopedic works on historical "lasts" (as opposed to "firsts"), in particular, the reference works Notable Last Facts: A Compendium of Endings, Conclusions, Terminations and Final Events Throughout History (2005) and Last Words of Notable People: Final Words of More ...
Juvenile Pieces ; Poems Written in Youth: 1793 Lines 1789 Written while sailing in a boat at Evening "How richly glows the water's breast" Poems of Sentiment and Reflection; Poems Written in Youth: 1798 Remembrance of Collins 1789 Composed upon the Thames near Richmond "Glide gently, thus for ever glide," Juvenile Pieces ; Poems Written in ...