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Viggo Mortensen

1958 to 2003 4 documented presences 4 places

Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for Viggo Mortensen across 4 places, from 1958 to 1969. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

Viggo Peter Mortensen Jr. (born October 20, 1958) is an American actor and filmmaker.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Viggo Mortensen was documented, and when

20 October 1958exact date
New York Cityattested “Mortensen was born in New York City, on October 20, 1958, to Grace Gamble () and Viggo Peter Mortensen Sr.” source: Wikipedia: Viggo Mortensen
20 October 1958exact date
New Yorkattested “Mortensen was born in New York City, on October 20, 1958, to Grace Gamble () and Viggo Peter Mortensen Sr.” source: Wikipedia: Viggo Mortensen
1969year
North Country (New York)attested “In 1969, the three boys returned with their mother to the United States, where Viggo spent the rest of his childhood in Northern New York State.” source: Wikipedia: Viggo Mortensen
1969year
United Statesattested “In 1969, the three boys returned with their mother to the United States, where Viggo spent the rest of his childhood in Northern New York State.” source: Wikipedia: Viggo Mortensen

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Places Viggo Mortensen is documented in

New York1 presence · 1958New York City1 presence · 1958United States1 presence · 1969
North Country (New York)1 presence · 1969

Other places tied to Viggo Mortensen in the record

In each of these, a source puts Viggo Mortensen and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Viggo Mortensen was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.

1961year
Venezuelamentioned “In 1961, the family moved to Venezuela, then Denmark, and eventually settled in Argentina.” source: Wikipedia: Viggo Mortensen
1976year
Watertown High School (New York)mentioned “He graduated from Watertown High School in 1976.” source: Wikipedia: Viggo Mortensen
1980year
Canton (village), New Yorkmentioned “Lawrence University in Canton, New York, earning a bachelor's degree in 1980 in Spanish studies and government.” source: Wikipedia: Viggo Mortensen
1982year
United Statesmentioned “In 1982, he returned to the United States to pursue an acting career.” source: Wikipedia: Viggo Mortensen
2004year
Arabiamentioned “In 2004, Mortensen starred as Frank Hopkins in Hidalgo, the story of an ex-army courier who travels to Arabia to compete with his horse, Hidalgo, in a dangerous desert race for a contest prize.” source: Wikipedia: Viggo Mortensen

Documented at the same place, the same year

Jean ArpNew York City · 1958Angela BassettNew York City · 1958Norman JewisonWashington, D.C. · 1969Patricia HighsmithNew York City · 1958Louise BourgeoisNew York City · 1958Anna PolitkovskayaNew York City · 1958Elisabeth Kübler-RossNew York · 1958Buddy HollyNew York · 1958Carl AndreNew York · 1958C. Northcote ParkinsonNew York · 1958Dwight D. EisenhowerWashington, D.C. · 1969Brian JonesWashington, D.C. · 1969

Two people documented in the same place in the same year is a correlation, not a meeting. Quo Fuit will never say they met without a source that says so.

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Sources

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