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?
1519 Panama City, Panama, is founded.
1534 Saint Ignatius of Loyola and six classmates take initial vows, leading to the creation of the Society of Jesus in September 1540.
1843 The Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu, Hawaii is dedicated. Now the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu, it is the oldest Roman Catholic cathedral in continuous use in the United States
1935 Will Rogers and Wiley Post are killed after their aircraft develops engine problems during takeoff in Barrow, Alaska
1945 World War II: Japan surrenders to end the war.
1965 The Beatles play to nearly 60,000 fans at Shea Stadium in New York City, in an event later seen as marking the birth of stadium rock.
1969 The Woodstock Music and Art Festival opens.
Deaths
?-1057 Macbeth, King of Scotland, he is best known as the subject of William Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth and the many works it has inspired
1582-1621 John Barclay, Scottish writer and poet
1777-1859 Nathaniel Claiborne, American politician and member of the US House of Representatives
1831-1917 Thomas J. Higgins, American Union Army soldier who was a recipient of America’s highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Vicksburg
1878-1931 Nigar Shikhlinskaya was the first Azerbaijani nurse. She was fluent in several languages, including Russian and French and served on the Western Front of World War I, where she opened the Red Cross hospital
1898-1935 Wiley Post, American pilot, Post helped develop one of the first pressure suits, killed in a crash with Will Rogers
1879-1935 Will Rogers, American humorist and actor who was killed in a plane crash with Wiley Post
1892-1942 Mahadev Desai, personal secretary of Mahatma Gandhi
1913-1975 Clay Shaw, American lawyer and John F. Kennedy assassination investigator
1918-2007 John Gofman, American Manhattan Project scientist and advocate
1917-2008 Jerry Wexler, American music producer, he coined the term “rhythm and blues”, and was integral in signing and/or producing many of the biggest acts of the last 50 years, including Ray Charles, the Allman Brothers, Chris Connor, Aretha Franklin, Led Zeppelin, Wilson Pickett, Dusty Springfield and Bob Dylan. Wexler was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987
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
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