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 Today in History?
1862 Civil War Maryland Campaign: General Robert E. Lee takes the Army of Northern Virginia, and the war, into the North.
1888 George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
1950 Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
1957 American Civil Rights Movement: Little Rock Crisis – Orval Faubus, governor of Arkansas, calls out the National Guard to prevent African American students from enrolling in Central High School
1972 Mark Spitz becomes the first competitor to win seven medals at a single Olympic Games
1998 Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University
Deaths
1825-1864 John Hunt Morgan, American Confederate military leader, Morgan’s Raid in the American Civil War
1886-1944 General Erich Fellgiebel, German army officer who participated in the July 20th plot to assassinate Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler
1875-1965 Albert Schweitzer, Alsatian physician and missionary, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1914-1974 Creighton Abrams, U.S. Army general,M1 Abrams Tank was named after him
1911-1986 Hank Greenberg, American baseball player, Hall of Fame first-baseman for the Detroit Tigers
1932-1991 Dottie West, American country music singer and songwriter
1962-2001 Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf, American radio personality who appeared many times on the Howard Stern Show
1971-2004 Alphonso Ford, American basketball player, one of the greatest scorers in college basketball of all time who died from Leukemia
1962-2006 Steve Irwin, Australian naturalist and television personality
1954-2011 Lee Roy Selmon, sadly Lee Roy Selmon died this afternoon after having a massive stroke yesterday. Lee Roy was a Hall of Fame NFL Defensive End for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, he has a highway named after him and owned restaurants in the Tampa Bay area known as Lee Roy Selmon’s. Lee Roy Selmon was a man of God who left his mark on everybody he met, he will be missed by the Tampa Bay area and our prayers go out to his entire family and friends
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 hereto check out Faye’s writing
Sources
Historyorb.com
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