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Thomas Selfridge
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first person ever to die in an airplane crash
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Within Vinony's link graph, Thomas Selfridge is referenced by 173 other articles, and connects out to Wright brothers, United States Army and first lieutenant.
It is catalogued under topics including 1882 births, 1906 San Francisco earthquake survivors and 1908 deaths.
Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Memoirs of Thomas O. Selfridge, Jr., Rear Admiral, U.S.N.; With an Introduction By Captain Dudley W. Knox, U.S.N
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Thomas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- San Francisco
- Place of death
- Fort Myer
- Educated at
- United States Military Academy
- Military branch
- United States Army
- Military rank
- first lieutenant
- Image
- Thomas selfridge smoking pipe.jpg
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- date of death
- 1908-09-17
- date of birth
- 1882-02-08
- place of burial
- Arlington National Cemetery
- manner of death
- accidental death
- Commons category
- Thomas Selfridge
- cause of death
- aviation accident
- burial plot reference
- Section 3 Grave 2158
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