Dying is just like taxes in the respect that it is going to happen to you and me. Over history, we realize it doesn’t matter who you are, you are going to face death. Famous people have no secret weapon against death. They are just like you and I. They will die. We will die. Death is a part of life. However, many of us look forward to eternal life in Heaven. After we all pass from this world, I hope to meet each one of you in a better place called Heaven.
We Live And We Die
Nobody Lives Forever
See You In Heaven
What Happened on in History?
1850- 1st US $20 gold piece issued
1903- NY Highlanders (Yankees) approved as members of AL
1933- President FDR conducts his 1st “fireside chat”
1947 – President Truman introduces Truman-doctrine to fight communism
Deaths
1813-1888 –Henry Bergh, founder (ASPCA) in 1866, Bergh also prompted the formation, in 1874, of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
1847-1902 –John Peter Altgeld, German/US 20th governor of Illinois, in 1896 he was a leader of the left wing of the Democratic Party, opposing President Grover Cleveland and the conservative Bourbon Democrats. He was defeated for reelection in 1896 in an intensely fought, bitter campaign
1846-1914 –George Westinghouse, US engineer (Westinghouse Electric), he invented the railway brake and he was also one of Thomas Edison’s main rivalries
1894-1930 –William George Barker was a Canadian fighter ace in WWI and a Victoria Cross recipient
1929-1945 –Anne Frank, diarist (Diary of Anne Frank), killed in Belsen Concentration Camp, is one of the most renowned and most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Acknowledged for the quality of her writing, her diary has become one of the world’s most widely read books, and has been the basis for several plays and films
1871-1947 –“Winston Churchill the American”, American novelist, he is mistaken for the great British statesman Winston Churchill
1904-1974 –George D. Sax, Drive-in bank and instant loan innovator and owner of the Saxony Hotel.
1927-2001 –Robert Ludlum was a famous American author who published 25 Thriller Novels, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Bourne Supremacy etc.
1897-2008 –Lazare Ponticelli, the last “poilu”, French foot soldier of World War One, dies at 110
This is series of famous people who died was inspired by Faye Farley who writes about famous people who were born on the same dates. Each day I will make a list of the famous people who died on the particular day with a link to her story about who was born on a particular day. Today’s famous deaths will be linked to her September 27 story because she has not made it to October yet. Click here to check out Faye’s writing
Sources
Historyorb.com
Wikipedia.com
Holidayinsights.com