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  2. Death of Ludwig van Beethoven - Wikipedia

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    Death of Ludwig van Beethoven. Ludwig van Beethoven, a German composer, died in his apartment in the Schwarzspanierhaus, Vienna, on 26 March 1827 at the age of 56, following a prolonged illness. His death was witnessed by his sister-in-law, possibly by his secretary Karl Holz, and by his close friend Anselm Hüttenbrenner, who provided a vivid ...

  3. A Day in the Death of Donny B - Wikipedia

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    A Day in the Death of Donny B is a 1969 American short docudrama written and directed by Carl Fick and shot in cinéma-vérité style. Mostly considered an anti-drug film, it was made for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The film follows its protagonist, Donny B, a young black man who appears to be a heroin addict ...

  4. Crucifixion of Jesus - Wikipedia

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    The crucifixion of Jesus was the execution by crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth in 1st-century Judaea, most likely in AD 30 or AD 33. It is described in the four canonical gospels, referred to in the New Testament epistles, later attested to by other ancient sources, and is broadly accepted as one of the events most likely to have occurred ...

  5. Fall of the Western Roman Empire - Wikipedia

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    The fall of the Western Roman Empire, also called the fall of the Roman Empire or the fall of Rome, was the loss of central political control in the Western Roman Empire, a process in which the Empire failed to enforce its rule, and its vast territory was divided between several successor polities. The Roman Empire lost the strengths that had ...

  6. Sarah Knox Taylor - Wikipedia

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    Sarah Knox Davis (née Taylor; March 6, 1814 – September 15, 1835) was the daughter of the 12th U.S. president Zachary Taylor and part of the notable Lee family.She met future Confederate president Jefferson Davis (1808–1889) when living with her father and family at Fort Crawford during the Black Hawk War in 1832.

  7. Killing of Zachary Hammond - Wikipedia

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    Lawsuit against City of Seneca settled for $2.15 million. The killing of Zachary Hammond occurred on July 26, 2015, in Seneca, South Carolina. [1] Hammond, age 19, was shot in his car during an undercover narcotics operation that targeted his passenger. Hammond, who was unarmed, was shot twice by 32-year-old police lieutenant Mark Tiller.

  8. Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father - Wikipedia

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    It was introduced to the Senate of Canada on March 23, 2010, and signed into law on December 16—over seven years after Zachary's death, and over two years after the film was released. Follow-up documentary. On April 4, 2013, Kuenne released a short documentary titled The Legacy of Dear Zachary: A Journey to Change the Law on YouTube.

  9. Death Times Three - Wikipedia

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    0-553-25425-1. OCLC. 12853382. Preceded by. A Family Affair. Death Times Three is a collection of Nero Wolfe novellas by Rex Stout, published posthumously by Bantam Books in 1985. It is the only collection of Stout's Nero Wolfe stories not to have appeared first in hardcover. The book contains three stories, one never before published: