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Biography. A biography, or simply bio, is a detailed description of a person's life. It involves more than just basic facts like education, work, relationships, and death; it portrays a person's experience of these life events. Unlike a profile or curriculum vitae ( résumé ), a biography presents a subject's life story, highlighting various ...
69. Valentina and Feodor Vassilyev [1] 1765. A Russian woman named Valentina Vassilyeva and her husband Feodor Vassilyev are alleged to hold the record for the most children a couple has produced. She gave birth to a total of 69 children – sixteen pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets and four sets of quadruplets – between 1725 and 1765, a ...
The Boundary Fire was a 2017 wildfire in Arizona that burned 17,788 acres (7,199 ha) of the Coconino and Kaibab National Forests. The fire was ignited on June 1 when lightning struck a spot on the northeast side of Kendrick Peak within the Coconino National Forest. The fire spread rapidly because of high temperatures, steep terrain, leftovers ...
Apr 2, 2014 · Later it would be discovered that 705 people survived the disaster. Millvina's father, however, the 25-year-old Bertram Frank Dean, was one of the 1,500 who perished. Like many of the...
Series: In Their Own Words: Holocaust Survivor Testimonies. What was it like to live through the Holocaust? Learn about individuals' experiences, actions, and choices from survivors themselves. Listen to excerpts from their oral testimonies. Browse transcripts of the recordings. And get to know the featured survivors by reading their biographies.
Titanic. Survivors. Mr Charles John Joughin. Charles John Joughin. Charles John Joughin was born in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England on 3 August 1878. He was later baptised on 2 October that same year in St Peter's Church, Liverpool. He was the son of John Edwin Joughin (1846-1886), a licensed victualler, and Ellen Campbell, née Crombleholme ...
On 6 August 1915, nine-year-old Douglas was struck by a car on Grindstone Neck, Winter Harbor, near the family's summer camp in Maine. He died two days later from the concussion he sustained. His death certificate stated that he would be buried at Tuxedo Park, New York. He is actually buried at Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.
