Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for Irving Berlin across 3 places, from 1888 to 1989.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Irving Berlin (born Israel Isidore Beilin; May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989) was a Russian-born American songwriter.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Irving Berlin is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Irving Berlin was documented, and when
11 May 1888exact date
Russian Empireattested“Berlin was born Israel Beilin (also transliterated as Bailin) on May 11, 1888, in the Russian Empire to a Jewish family.”source: Wikipedia: Irving Berlin
1989year
Russian Empireattested“The New York Times, after his death in 1989, wrote, "Irving Berlin set the tone and the tempo for the tunes America played and sang and danced to for much of the 20th century." His life as an immigrant from Russia became the "classic rag…”source: Wikipedia: Irving Berlin
1989year
Americaattested“The New York Times, after his death in 1989, wrote, "Irving Berlin set the tone and the tempo for the tunes America played and sang and danced to for much of the 20th century." His life as an immigrant from Russia became the "classic rag…”source: Wikipedia: Irving Berlin
22 September 1989exact date
Manhattanattested“Berlin died in his sleep at his 17 Beekman Place town house in Manhattan on September 22, 1989, at the age of 101, of a heart attack and other natural causes.”source: Wikipedia: Irving Berlin
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14 September 1893exact date
New York Citymentioned“On September 14, 1893, the family arrived at Ellis Island in New York City.”source: Wikipedia: Irving Berlin
14 September 1893exact date
Ellis Islandmentioned“On September 14, 1893, the family arrived at Ellis Island in New York City.”source: Wikipedia: Irving Berlin
14 September 1893exact date
New Yorkmentioned“On September 14, 1893, the family arrived at Ellis Island in New York City.”source: Wikipedia: Irving Berlin
1906year
Union Square, Manhattanmentioned“Berlin learned what kind of songs appealed to audiences, writes Bergreen: "well-known tunes expressing simple sentiments were the most reliable." He soon began plugging songs at Tony Pastor's Music Hall in Union Square and, in 1906, when…”source: Wikipedia: Irving Berlin
1906year
Chinatown, Manhattanmentioned“Berlin learned what kind of songs appealed to audiences, writes Bergreen: "well-known tunes expressing simple sentiments were the most reliable." He soon began plugging songs at Tony Pastor's Music Hall in Union Square and, in 1906, when…”source: Wikipedia: Irving Berlin
1908year
Union Square, Manhattanmentioned“In 1908, when he was 20, Berlin took a new job at a saloon named Jimmy Kelly's in the Union Square neighborhood.”source: Wikipedia: Irving Berlin
1913year
Londonmentioned“started the heels and shoulders of all America and a good section of Europe to rocking." In 1913, Berlin was featured in the London revue Hello Ragtime, where he introduced "That International Rag", a song he had written for the occasion.”source: Wikipedia: Irving Berlin
1917year
United Statesmentioned“In 1917, Berlin was drafted into the United States Army, and his induction became headline news, with one paper headline reading, "Army Takes Berlin!" But the Army wanted Berlin, now aged 30, to do what he knew best: write songs.”source: Wikipedia: Irving Berlin
1921year
Tin Pan Alleymentioned“Berlin returned to Tin Pan Alley after the war and in 1921 created a partnership with Sam Harris to build the Music Box Theater.”source: Wikipedia: Irving Berlin
1943year
United Statesmentioned“His 1943 production This Is The Army featured the first integrated division army unit in the United States.”source: Wikipedia: Irving Berlin
1947 to 1989period
New York Citymentioned“From 1947 to 1989, Berlin's home in New York City was 17 Beekman Place.”source: Wikipedia: Irving Berlin
1947 to 1989period
New Yorkmentioned“From 1947 to 1989, Berlin's home in New York City was 17 Beekman Place.”source: Wikipedia: Irving Berlin
1952year
Library of Congressmentioned“The first was the uncompleted The Last Resorts (1952); a manuscript of Act I is in the Library of Congress.”source: Wikipedia: Irving Berlin
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explicitly dated record, attested a sentence that states the person was there,
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