Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Petula Clark across 3 places, from 1932 to 1957.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Sally "Petula" Clark (born 15 November 1932) is a British singer, actress, and songwriter.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Petula Clark is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Petula Clark was documented, and when
15 November 1932exact date
Ewellattested“Petula Clark was born Sally Clark on 15 November 1932 in Ewell, Surrey, England to Doris (née Phillips) and Leslie Noah Clark.”source: Wikipedia: Petula Clark
1954 to 1981period
Apollo Victoria Theatreattested“In 1954, she had starred in a stage production of The Constant Nymph, but at the urging of her children, did not return to legitimate theatre until 1981, starring as Maria von Trapp in The Sound of Music at the Apollo Victoria Theatre, W…”source: Wikipedia: Petula Clark
October 1957month
Parisattested“In October 1957, Clark was invited to appear at the Paris Olympia for Europe's premier live radio show, Musicorama.”source: Wikipedia: Petula Clark
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In each of these, a source puts Petula Clark and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
that Petula Clark was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason:
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1939year
Abercanaidmentioned“Her first ever live audience was in 1939 at the Colliers' Arms in Abercanaid.”source: Wikipedia: Petula Clark
1944year
Royal Albert Hallmentioned“While she was performing at the Royal Albert Hall in London in 1944, Clark was discovered by the film director Maurice Elvey, who cast her, at the age of 12, as the precocious orphaned waif Irma in his war drama Medal for the General.”source: Wikipedia: Petula Clark
1944year
Londonmentioned“While she was performing at the Royal Albert Hall in London in 1944, Clark was discovered by the film director Maurice Elvey, who cast her, at the age of 12, as the precocious orphaned waif Irma in his war drama Medal for the General.”source: Wikipedia: Petula Clark
1945year
Kingston upon Thamesmentioned“In 1945, she performed with an orchestra in the entrance hall of Bentall's Department Store in Kingston upon Thames for a tin of toffee and a gold wristwatch.”source: Wikipedia: Petula Clark
1962year
Francementioned“In France "Ya Ya Twist" (a French-language cover of the Lee Dorsey rhythm and blues song "Ya Ya" and the only successful recording of a twist song by a woman) and "Chariot" (the original version of "I Will Follow Him") became smash hits…”source: Wikipedia: Petula Clark
January 1965month
United Statesmentioned“"Downtown" went to number one in the American charts in January 1965, and 3 million copies were sold in the United States.”source: Wikipedia: Petula Clark
1967year
Las Vegasmentioned“In 1967, in Las Vegas, she was a witness at the wedding of her friend, French singer Charles Aznavour, alongside Sammy Davis Jr.”source: Wikipedia: Petula Clark
June 1969month
Montrealmentioned“She was performing in Montreal in June 1969, and was being heckled by the audience due to her bilingual performance.”source: Wikipedia: Petula Clark
15 November 1969exact date
Royal Albert Hallmentioned“On 15 November 1969, her concert, An Evening with Petula, from the Royal Albert Hall in London, was the first BBC One colour transmission.”source: Wikipedia: Petula Clark
15 November 1969exact date
Londonmentioned“On 15 November 1969, her concert, An Evening with Petula, from the Royal Albert Hall in London, was the first BBC One colour transmission.”source: Wikipedia: Petula Clark
1989 to 2000period
Music Box Theatrementioned“Her later stage work includes Someone Like You in 1989 and 1990, for which she composed the score; Blood Brothers, in which she made her Broadway debut in 1993 at the Music Box Theatre, followed by the American tour; and Andrew Lloyd Web…”source: Wikipedia: Petula Clark
2003year
Parismentioned“A 2003 concert appearance at the Olympia in Paris has been issued in both DVD and compact disc formats.”source: Wikipedia: Petula Clark
2004year
Cork Opera Housementioned“In 2004, she repeated her performance of Norma Desmond in a production at the Opera House in Cork, Ireland, which was later broadcast by the BBC.”source: Wikipedia: Petula Clark
2004year
The Atlantic Club Casino Hotelmentioned“In 2004, she toured Australia and New Zealand, appeared at the Hilton in Atlantic City, New Jersey; the Hummingbird Centre in Toronto; Humphrey's in San Diego; and the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut; and participated in a…”source: Wikipedia: Petula Clark
Two people documented in the same place in the same year is a correlation, not a meeting.
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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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