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Howard Richardson
1894 births | 1959 deaths | australian cricketers | australian rules footballers | melbourne football club players | richmond football club players | victoria (australia) cricketersHoward James Richardson (October 29, 1894 - December 21, 1959) was an Australian sportsman who played first-class cricket for Victoria and Australian rules football in the Victorian Football League (VFL) with Richmond and Melbourne.
Richardson, who was born in Narre Warren, played his early football at Berwick before making his debut for Richmond in the 1915 VFL season. He made sporadic appearances over the next couple of seasons and after not playing at all in 1918 he crossed to Melbourne. Richardson took the field only once at Melbourne and finished his league career with 20 games and 14 goals.
Servillano Aquino
1874 births | 1959 deaths | aquino family | filipino military personnel | filipino politicians | kapampangan people | people from tarlac | people of the philippine-american war | people of the spanish-american war Servillano Aguilar Aquino (April 20, 1874 - February 2, 1959) was a Filipino general during the Philippine Revolution against Spain (1896-1898), and the Philippine-American War (1898-1902). He served as a delegate to the Malolos Congress.
Personal life
Servillano "Minaong" Aquino was born on April 20, 1874 to Don Braulio Aquino and Doña Petrona Hipolito Aguilar-Aquino. He had his early education from a private tutor in Mexico, Pampanga. He moved to Manila, and entered the Colegio de San Juan de Letran, and later, the University of Santo Tomas. During this time, he married Guadalupe Quiambao, with whom he had three children, namely Gonzalo (born 1893), future Philippine Senator Benigno (born 1894), and Amando (born 1896). Later on, he would marry his sister-in-law, Belen Sanchez, and have a child with him, future Philippine Congressman Herminio (born 1949).Philippine-American War
In 1896, Aquino became a mason and joined the Katipunan. He was also elected mayor of Mucia, Tarlac and, under General Francisco Makabulos, he organized the Filipino revolutionary forces against the Americans. He was promoted to major, but was defeated in the battle at Mount Sinukuan in Arayat, Pampanga. After the Pact of Biak-na-Bato was signed, Aquino was exiled to Hong Kong together with Emilio Aguinaldo and the revolutionary government. He returned to the Philippines in 1898, and joined General Antonio Luna to fight against the American forces. Together they attacked Manila but retreated to Mount Sinukuan. On September 1902, he surrendered and was jailed in Bilibid Prison, and sentenced to hang. However, United States President Theodore Roosevelt gave Aquino pardon after two years.Richard Laqueur
1881 births | 1959 deaths | german historians | historians of antiquity | people from strasbourg | university of giessen facultyRichard Laqueur (March 27, 1881 - November 25, 1959) was a German historian and philologist who was born in Strasbourg.
He studied classical literature and history at the Universities of Bonn and Strasbourg, and in 1904 received his doctorate of philosophy. In 1912 he became a full professor at Strasbourg, and during the same year was appointed professor at the University of Giessen. From 1914 to 1918 he performed military duties during World War I, and in 1919 returned to Giessen, where he remained until 1930. Laqueur was rector at the university in 1922-23.
Albert Cohn (judge)
1880 births | 1959 deathsAlbert Cohn (c1880-1959) was a New York City appellate judge and the father of Roy Cohn. He was influential in Democratic Party politics.
He married Dora Marcus (1882-1969) in 1924 when he was the First Assistant District Attorney for New York. He fathered Roy Cohn (1927-1986) in 1927.
William B. Cooper (NC politician)
1867 births | 1959 deaths | lieutenant governors of north carolina | north carolina politiciansWilliam Bryant Cooper (1867 - 1959) was the Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina from 1921 to 1925.
Cooper was born in Cool Springs, South Carolina, on January 22, 1867. He became a prominent banker and businessman in New Hanover County, North Carolina, serving as president of the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce.
