Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for Howard Hughes across 5 places, from 1905 to 1972.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Howard Robard Hughes Jr. (December 24, 1905 – April 5, 1976) was an American aviator, aerospace engineer, business magnate, film producer, and investor.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Howard Hughes is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Howard Hughes was documented, and when
24 December 1905exact date
Harris County, Texasattested“A 1941 affidavit birth certificate of Hughes, signed by his aunt Annette Gano Lummis and by Estelle Boughton Sharp, states that he was born on December 24, 1905, in Harris County, Texas.”source: Wikipedia: Howard Hughes
1943year
Las Vegasattested“In the spring of 1943 Hughes spent nearly a month in Las Vegas, test-flying his Sikorsky S-43 amphibious aircraft, practicing touch-and-go landings on Lake Mead in preparation for flying the H-4 Hercules.”source: Wikipedia: Howard Hughes
24 November 1966exact date
Las Vegasattested“On November 24, 1966 (Thanksgiving Day), Hughes arrived in Las Vegas by railroad car and moved into the Desert Inn.”source: Wikipedia: Howard Hughes
24 November 1966exact date
Desert Innattested“On November 24, 1966 (Thanksgiving Day), Hughes arrived in Las Vegas by railroad car and moved into the Desert Inn.”source: Wikipedia: Howard Hughes
23 December 1972exact date
Lake Managuaattested“Hughes was living in the Intercontinental Hotel near Lake Managua in Nicaragua, seeking privacy and security, when a magnitude 6.5 earthquake damaged Managua on December 23, 1972.”source: Wikipedia: Howard Hughes
23 December 1972exact date
Nicaraguaattested“Hughes was living in the Intercontinental Hotel near Lake Managua in Nicaragua, seeking privacy and security, when a magnitude 6.5 earthquake damaged Managua on December 23, 1972.”source: Wikipedia: Howard Hughes
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In each of these, a source puts Howard Hughes and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
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24 September 1905exact date
Keokuk, Iowamentioned“John's Episcopal Church in Keokuk, Iowa, listed his date of birth as September 24, 1905, without any reference to the place of birth.”source: Wikipedia: Howard Hughes
1921year
Massachusettsmentioned“He took his first flying lesson at 14, and attended Fessenden School in Massachusetts in 1921.”source: Wikipedia: Howard Hughes
1929year
Houstonmentioned“In 1929, after four years of marriage, Ella returned to Houston and filed for divorce.”source: Wikipedia: Howard Hughes
13 September 1935exact date
Santa Ana, Californiamentioned“On September 13, 1935, Hughes, flying the H-1, set the landplane airspeed record of over his test course near Santa Ana, California (Giuseppe Motta reaching 362 mph in 1929 and George Stainforth reached 407.5 mph in 1931, both in seaplan…”source: Wikipedia: Howard Hughes
19 January 1937exact date
Los Angelesmentioned“A year and a half later, on January 19, 1937, flying the same H-1 Racer fitted with longer wings, Hughes set a new transcontinental airspeed record by flying non-stop from Los Angeles to Newark in seven hours, 28 minutes, and 25 seconds…”source: Wikipedia: Howard Hughes
1942 to 1945period
Atlanticmentioned“The War Production Board, a civilian government agency that supervised war production from 1942 to 1945, originally contracted with Henry Kaiser and Hughes to produce the gigantic HK-1 Hercules flying boat for use during World War II to…”source: Wikipedia: Howard Hughes
1943year
Lake Meadmentioned“A lifelong aircraft enthusiast and pilot, Hughes survived four airplane accidents: one in a Thomas-Morse Scout while filming Hell's Angels, one while setting the airspeed record in the Hughes Racer, one at Lake Mead in 1943, and the near…”source: Wikipedia: Howard Hughes
1943year
Californiamentioned“The prototype was brought to Harper's Dry Lake in California in great secrecy in 1943 and first flew on June 20 of that year.”source: Wikipedia: Howard Hughes
7 July 1946exact date
Culver City, Californiamentioned“Hughes was almost killed on July 7, 1946, while performing the first flight of the XF-11 near Hughes Airfield at Culver City, California.”source: Wikipedia: Howard Hughes
1949 to 1984period
Mexicomentioned“In 1984, Hughes's estate paid an undisclosed amount to Terry Moore, who claimed she and Hughes had secretly married on a yacht in international waters off Mexico in 1949 and never divorced.”source: Wikipedia: Howard Hughes
12 January 1957exact date
Tonopah, Nevadamentioned“On January 12, 1957, Hughes married actress Jean Peters at a small hotel in Tonopah, Nevada.”source: Wikipedia: Howard Hughes
1968year
Mexicomentioned“Air West had been formed in 1968 by the merger of Bonanza Air Lines, Pacific Air Lines, and West Coast Airlines, all of which operated in the western US By the late 1970s, Hughes Airwest operated an all-jet fleet of Boeing 727-200, Dougl…”source: Wikipedia: Howard Hughes
1972year
Hawaiimentioned“In 1972, during the Cold War era, Hughes was approached by the CIA through his longtime partner, David Charnay, to help secretly recover the Soviet submarine K-129, which had sunk near Hawaii four years earlier.”source: Wikipedia: Howard Hughes
1977year
United Kingdommentioned“In 1977, The Hoax by Clifford Irving was published in the United Kingdom, telling his story of these events.”source: Wikipedia: Howard Hughes
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How to read this page
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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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