Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Sidney Poitier across 3 places, from 1927 to 2022.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Sidney Poitier (February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian-American actor, film director, activist, and diplomat.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Sidney Poitier is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Sidney Poitier was documented, and when
20 February 1927exact date
Miami, Floridaattested“Sidney Poitier was born on February 20, 1927, in Miami, Florida.”source: Wikipedia: Sidney Poitier
1942year
Miamiattested“At age fifteen, in 1942, he was sent back to Miami to live with his brother's large family, but Poitier found it impossible to adjust to the racism in Jim Crow era Florida.”source: Wikipedia: Sidney Poitier
6 January 2022exact date
Beverly Hills, Californiaattested“On January 6, 2022, Poitier died at his home in Beverly Hills, California, at the age of 94.”source: Wikipedia: Sidney Poitier
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In each of these, a source puts Sidney Poitier and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
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1951year
South Africamentioned“In 1951, he traveled to South Africa with the African-American actor Canada Lee to star in the film version of Cry, the Beloved Country.”source: Wikipedia: Sidney Poitier
1956year
Westchester County, New Yorkmentioned“Though Poitier became a resident of Mount Vernon in Westchester County, New York, in 1956, they raised their family in Stuyvesant, New York, in a house on the Hudson River.”source: Wikipedia: Sidney Poitier
1956year
Stuyvesant, New Yorkmentioned“Though Poitier became a resident of Mount Vernon in Westchester County, New York, in 1956, they raised their family in Stuyvesant, New York, in a house on the Hudson River.”source: Wikipedia: Sidney Poitier
1959year
Ethel Barrymore Theatrementioned“Poitier acted in the first production of A Raisin in the Sun alongside Ruby Dee on the Broadway stage at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in 1959.”source: Wikipedia: Sidney Poitier
1983year
New Yorkmentioned“The play was a groundbreaking piece of American theater, with Frank Rich, critic from The New York Times, writing in 1983 that A Raisin in the Sun "changed American theater forever".”source: Wikipedia: Sidney Poitier
April 1997month
The Bahamasmentioned“In April 1997, Poitier was appointed ambassador from the Bahamas to Japan, a position he held until 2007.”source: Wikipedia: Sidney Poitier
April 1997month
Japanmentioned“In April 1997, Poitier was appointed ambassador from the Bahamas to Japan, a position he held until 2007.”source: Wikipedia: Sidney Poitier
2021year
Los Angelesmentioned“In 2021, the academy dedicated the lobby of the new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles as the "Sidney Poitier Grand Lobby" in his honor.”source: Wikipedia: Sidney Poitier
2022year
National Multicultural Western Heritage Museummentioned“In 2022, he was inducted into the National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum.”source: Wikipedia: Sidney Poitier
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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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