Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for Alan Shepard across 6 places, from 1923 to 1998.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998) was an American astronaut.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Alan Shepard is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Alan Shepard was documented, and when
18 November 1923exact date
Derry, New Hampshireattested“was born on November 18, 1923, at 64 East Derry Road in Derry, New Hampshire, to Alan Bartlett Shepard Sr.”source: Wikipedia: Alan Shepard
18 November 1923exact date
Derryattested“was born on November 18, 1923, at 64 East Derry Road in Derry, New Hampshire, to Alan Bartlett Shepard Sr.”source: Wikipedia: Alan Shepard
January 1951month
Naval Air Station Patuxent Riverattested“In 1950, Shepard was selected to attend the United States Naval Test Pilot School at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland with class five, graduating in January 1951.”source: Wikipedia: Alan Shepard
January 1951month
Marylandattested“In 1950, Shepard was selected to attend the United States Naval Test Pilot School at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland with class five, graduating in January 1951.”source: Wikipedia: Alan Shepard
July 1953month
Koreaattested“It set out on a combat tour off Korea in 1953, during the Korean War, but the Korean Armistice Agreement ended the fighting in July 1953, and Shepard did not see combat.”source: Wikipedia: Alan Shepard
21 July 1998exact date
Pebble Beach, Californiaattested“Shepard was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia in 1996 and died from complications of the disease in Pebble Beach, California, on July 21, 1998.”source: Wikipedia: Alan Shepard
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In each of these, a source puts Alan Shepard and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
that Alan Shepard was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason:
a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.
1936year
Pinkerton Academymentioned“In 1936, he went to the Pinkerton Academy, a private school in Derry that his father had attended and where his grandfather had been a trustee.”source: Wikipedia: Alan Shepard
1936year
Derrymentioned“In 1936, he went to the Pinkerton Academy, a private school in Derry that his father had attended and where his grandfather had been a trustee.”source: Wikipedia: Alan Shepard
1940year
Pinkerton Academymentioned“Shepard graduated from Pinkerton Academy in 1940.”source: Wikipedia: Alan Shepard
1940year
United States Naval Academymentioned“He easily passed the entrance exam to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1940 but at sixteen was too young to enter that year.”source: Wikipedia: Alan Shepard
1940year
Annapolismentioned“He easily passed the entrance exam to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1940 but at sixteen was too young to enter that year.”source: Wikipedia: Alan Shepard
1940year
United Statesmentioned“He easily passed the entrance exam to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1940 but at sixteen was too young to enter that year.”source: Wikipedia: Alan Shepard
1941year
Admiral Farragut Academymentioned“The Navy sent him to the Admiral Farragut Academy, a prep school for the Naval Academy from which he graduated with the Class of 1941.”source: Wikipedia: Alan Shepard
1942year
Principia Collegementioned“During his Christmas break in 1942, he went to Principia College to be with his sister, who was unable to go home owing to wartime travel restrictions.”source: Wikipedia: Alan Shepard
February 1945month
United Statesmentioned“Cogswell returned to the United States for an overhaul in February 1945.”source: Wikipedia: Alan Shepard
5 April 1945exact date
Long Beach Navy Yardmentioned“The newlyweds had only a brief time together before Shepard rejoined Cogswell at the Long Beach Navy Yard on April 5, 1945.”source: Wikipedia: Alan Shepard
September 1945month
Tokyo Baymentioned“The ship also participated in the Allied naval bombardments of Japan, and was present in Tokyo Bay for the Surrender of Japan in September 1945.”source: Wikipedia: Alan Shepard
7 January 1946exact date
Naval Air Station Corpus Christimentioned“In November 1945, Shepard arrived at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi in Texas, where he commenced basic flight training on January 7, 1946.”source: Wikipedia: Alan Shepard
7 January 1946exact date
Texasmentioned“In November 1945, Shepard arrived at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi in Texas, where he commenced basic flight training on January 7, 1946.”source: Wikipedia: Alan Shepard
2 February 1959exact date
The Pentagonmentioned“The first group of 35, which included Shepard, assembled at the Pentagon on February 2, 1959.”source: Wikipedia: Alan Shepard
Two people documented in the same place in the same year is a correlation, not a meeting.
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How to read this page
Every line above is a dated fact taken from a source, with the sentence it came from and a link
back to it. Nothing is inferred, and a gap in the record is not evidence that someone was elsewhere.
A tag says how the fact is carried by its source: documented a structured,
explicitly dated record, attested a sentence that states the person was there,
mentioned a sentence that ties the person to the place without stating presence.
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