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1928 – The government of Colombia sends military forces to suppress a month-long strike by United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths. 1933 – In United States v. One Book Called Ulysses Judge John M. Woolsey rules that James Joyce 's novel Ulysses is not obscene despite coarse language and sexual content, a ...
The human skull is used universally as a symbol of death. Death is the irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain a living organism. The remains of a former organism normally begin to decompose shortly after death. Death eventually and inevitably occurs in all organisms. Some organisms, such as Turritopsis dohrnii, are biologically immortal, however they can still die from ...
(death announced on this date) Nora Cortiñas, 94, Argentine social psychologist and human rights activist, co-founder of Mothers of Plaza de Mayo. Doug Dagger, 56, American punk rock singer (The Generators), cancer. Trevor Edwards, 87, Welsh footballer (Charlton Athletic, Cardiff City, national team). (death announced on this date)
The following notable deaths in the United States occurred in 2022.Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order as set out in WP:NAMESORT.A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth and subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, year of birth (if known), and reference.
2007 – The three-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann disappears in Praia da Luz, Portugal, starting "the most heavily reported missing-person case in modern history". 2015 – Two gunmen launch an attempted attack on an anti-Islam event in Garland, Texas, which was held in response to the Charlie Hebdo shooting.
Deaths Pre-1600. AD 79 – Pliny the Elder, Roman commander and philosopher (b. 23) 274 – Yang Yan, Jin Dynasty empress (b. 238) 306 – Saint Maginus, Christian hermit and martyr from Tarragona; 383 – Gratian, Roman emperor (b. 359) 471 – Gennadius I, patriarch of Constantinople; 766 – Constantine Podopagouros, Byzantine official
1509 – Henry VIII ascends the throne of England on the death of his father, Henry VII. 1526 – The last ruler of the Lodi dynasty, Ibrahim Lodi is defeated and killed by Babur in the First Battle of Panipat. 1601–1900. 1615 – The Wignacourt Aqueduct is inaugurated in Malta.
