94) Motke Zeidel One of the Last Jews to Escape Ponar—an Infamous Village Where Thousands of Lithuanian Jews were Murdered During the Shoah Born: 1925, Swenciany, Poland (Present-day Swenciany, Lithuania) Died: 2007, Israel Original Name: Mordechai Zeidel Survivor of Vilna and the Last Survivor of the Burning Brigade. When Motke was eighteen years old, he…
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94) Anne Frank
94) Anne Frank Her personal writings The Diary of a Young Girl are read by almost every child growing up in the United States and many countries around the world Born: 12 June 1929, Frankfurt, Germany Died: February 1945, Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp, Germany Original Name: Annelies Frank Anne had a sister three years older than…
93) Bill Paxton
93) Bill Paxton Actor and Director Who Made Sci-Fi Stars and Real Life Characters come to Life on Screen Born: 17 May 1955, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America Died: 25 February 2017, Los Angeles, California, United States of America Original Name: William Paxton Bill starred in a variety of roles, everything from Stripes…
93) Elizabeth Short
93) Elizabeth Short Aspiring Actress who Became Known After Her Infamous Death as the Black Dahlia Born: 29 July 1924, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America Died: 15 January 1947, Los Angeles, California, United States of America As a child her father abandoned his wife and five daughters at the outset of the depression and…
92) Trevor Habberstad
92) Trevor Habberstad Stunt Coordinator who Sadly Passed Away From Cancer Born: 15 May 1989, Los Angeles, California, United States of America Died: 19 February 2017, Santa Clarita, California, United States of America He worked on Doctor Strange, Ant-Man, the rebooted X-Men franchise, American Sniper, Divergent, The Wolf of Wall Street, Star Trek Into Darkness,…
92) Mary Phagan
92) Mary Phagan Factory Worker who was Murdered on the Job; her Death Reignited Anti-Semitic and Racist Fervor Throughout Georgia Born: c1900, Florence, Alabama, United States of America Died: 26 April 1913, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America Instead of having a Wikipedia page about herself there is one for the man convicted of killing…
91) Guy Taylor
91) Guy Taylor Retired US Marine who played Taps Every Night Born: 13 July 1932, Jonah, Texas, United States of America Died: 7 February 2017, Most Likely Texas, United States of America Guy owned the Stork Club in Galveston, Texas and was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution. He played Taps every…
91) Ida Straus
“If you had a husband like mine you would do more than [darn his socks] for him.” 91) Ida Straus She and Her Husband were New York Socialites who Boarded RMS Titanic at Southampton and Never Reached New York Born: 6 February 1849, Worms, German Confederation (Present-day Worms, Germany) Died: 15 April 1912, The Atlantic…
90) Sir Arthur H Rostron
90) Sir Arthur H Rostron KBE, RD, RNR Captain of the RMS Carpathia on that Fateful April Night Born: 14 May 1869, Bolton, United Kingdom Died: 4 November 1940, Southampton, United Kingdom Commodore for the Cunard Line and Congressional Gold Medal Recipient; Arthur was captaining the Carpathia when Titanic sank. Therefore, he was responsible for…
90) Mary Rogers
90) Mary Rogers She was a Famous New York City Cigar Girl Before She was a Murder Victim Born: 1820, Lyme, Connecticut, United States of America Died: 28 July 1841, Hoboken, New Jersey, United States of America Her body was found floating on the New Jersey side of the Hudson River and it appeared she…