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?
1501 Michelangelo begins work on his statue of David
1541 After three years of exile, John Calvin returns to Geneva to reform the church under a body of doctrine known as Calvinism
1609 Henry Hudson reaches the river that would later be named after him – the Hudson River
1862 American Civil War: Union soldiers find a copy of Robert E. Lee’s battle plans in a field outside Frederick, Maryland. It is the prelude to the Battle of Antietam
1971 State police and National Guardsmen storm New York’s Attica Prison to end a prison revolt
2001 Civilian aircraft traffic resumes in the U.S. after the September 11, 2001 attacks
2008 Hurricane Ike makes landfall on the Texas Gulf Coast of the United States, causing heavy damage to Galveston Island, Houston and surrounding areas.
Deaths
1835-1915 Andrew L. Harris, American Civil War hero and Governor of Ohio
1916 Mary the elephant, large elephant who was hanged for stepping on her trainer, yes an animal, but how horrible to hang an elephant
1859-1941 Elias Disney, Canadian father of Walt Disney and Roy O. Disney
1908-1946 Amon Goth, commandant of Nazi concentration camp, tried as a War Criminal after the war and executed
1971-1996 Tupac Shakur, aka 2Pac, American rapper and actor
1926-1998 Harry Lumley, Canadian ice hockey player and Hall of Fame goaltender in the NHL
1917-1998 George Wallace, American politician, 45th governor of Alabama who ran for President four times
1908-2000 Betty Jeffrey, Australian nurse, World War II Japanese prisoner who inspired the film Paradise Road
1930-2003 Frank O’Bannon, 47th Governor of Indiana
1925-2004 Luis E. Miramontes, Mexican chemist, co-inventor of the combined oral contraceptive pill
1933-2006 Ann Richards, 46th Governor of Texas
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
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