Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for Mel Brooks across 4 places, from 1926 to 1944.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Melvin James Brooks (born June 28, 1926) is an American actor, filmmaker, comedian, songwriter, and playwright.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Mel Brooks is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Mel Brooks was documented, and when
28 June 1926exact date
Brownsville, Brooklynattested“Brooks was born Melvin James Kaminsky on a tenement kitchen table on June 28, 1926, at 515 Powell Street in Brownsville, Brooklyn to Katie () and Max Kaminsky.”source: Wikipedia: Mel Brooks
January 1944month
Eastern District High Schoolattested“Brooks graduated from Eastern District High School in Williamsburg in January 1944 and intended to follow his older brother and enroll in Brooklyn College to study psychology.”source: Wikipedia: Mel Brooks
January 1944month
Brooklyn Collegeattested“Brooks graduated from Eastern District High School in Williamsburg in January 1944 and intended to follow his older brother and enroll in Brooklyn College to study psychology.”source: Wikipedia: Mel Brooks
January 1944month
Brooklynattested“Brooks graduated from Eastern District High School in Williamsburg in January 1944 and intended to follow his older brother and enroll in Brooklyn College to study psychology.”source: Wikipedia: Mel Brooks
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In each of these, a source puts Mel Brooks and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
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November 1944month
Francementioned“A reporter for the United States Department of Defense writes that Brooks arrived in France in November 1944, and later in Belgium, serving with the 78th Infantry Division as a forward artillery observer.”source: Wikipedia: Mel Brooks
November 1944month
Belgiummentioned“A reporter for the United States Department of Defense writes that Brooks arrived in France in November 1944, and later in Belgium, serving with the 78th Infantry Division as a forward artillery observer.”source: Wikipedia: Mel Brooks
December 1944month
Battle of the Bulgementioned“In December 1944, a short while later, Brooks was transferred to the 1104th Engineer Combat Battalion as a combat engineer, participating in the Battle of the Bulge.”source: Wikipedia: Mel Brooks
15 February 1945exact date
Brooklyn Navy Yardmentioned“Brooks says he boarded at the Brooklyn Navy Yard around February 15, 1945.”source: Wikipedia: Mel Brooks
15 February 1945exact date
Brooklynmentioned“Brooks says he boarded at the Brooklyn Navy Yard around February 15, 1945.”source: Wikipedia: Mel Brooks
April 1945month
Harz Mountainsmentioned“In April 1945, Brooks's unit conducted its last reconnaissance missions in the Harz Mountains, Germany.”source: Wikipedia: Mel Brooks
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
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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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