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List Of Last Words (20th Century)
1901–1909 ;"I am not afraid to die." :— Philip Danforth Armour, American industrialist, founder of Armour and Company (6 January 1901) ;"Bertie." :— Victoria, queen regnant of the United Kingdom (22 January 1901), calling to her eldest son and heir, Albert, Prince of Wales ;"Are the doctors here? Doctor, my lungs..." :— Benjamin Harrison, president of the United States (13 March 1901), dying of pneumonia ;"Good-bye. Please dig my grave very deep. All right; hurry up" :— Tom Ketchum, (26 April 1901), American outlaw and cowboy, executed by hanging for attempted train robbery ;"I have swallowed corrosive sublimate." :— Maltbie Davenport Babcock, American clergyman and writer (18 May 1901), to hospital superintendent and nurse, explaining his method of suicide while suffering from brucellosis ;"Goodbye, all, goodbye. It is God's way. His will be done." :— William McKinley, president of the United States (14 September 1901), dying after being shot on 6 September ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JFK Limousine
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to by his initials JFK and the nickname Jack, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until assassination of John F. Kennedy, his assassination in 1963. Kennedy was the youngest person to assume the presidency by United States presidential election, election. He was also the youngest president at the end of his tenure. Kennedy served at the height of the Cold War, and the majority of his work as president concerned relations with the Soviet Union and Cuba. A Democratic Party (United States), Democrat, Kennedy represented Massachusetts in both houses of the U.S. Congress prior to his presidency. Born into the prominent Kennedy family in Brookline, Massachusetts, Kennedy graduated from Harvard University in 1940 before joining the U.S. Naval Reserve the following year. During World War II, he commanded a series of PT boats in the Pacific War, Pacific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
