Notable last facts: a compendium of endings, conclusions, terminations, and final events throughout history

William B. Brahms

Reference Desk Press, Jun 15, 2005 - Reference - 834 pages

Notable Last Facts: A Compendium of Endings, Conclusions, Terminations and Final Events throughout History is a ground-breaking core reference work for libraries of all kinds. More than 16,000 facts have been expertly researched and presented in an easy-to-use format. A ?Notable Last Fact? is any historically significant event, person, place or thing that marks the end of its kind or its era. It might be the last speaker of a now-extinct language, the last work of a major artist, or the last remaining example of an object. When an ending occurs, a part of our history is frozen in time. Lasts carry symbolic demarcations of our advances, failures and changes. Despite their importance, ?lasts? have long been overlooked. This book will draw comparison to other encyclopedic fact compendiums such as those on firsts, superlatives and lists; but this is the first comprehensive reference work on ?lasts? to be published. Notable Last Facts was conceived, researched, and compiled by

Contents

• Ages and Eras: 1
• Alliances Confederations Leagues Pacts: 7
• AnimalsExtinct: 13
• ArtArtist Groups: 20
• AutomobilesMakers: 27
• AutomobilesModels: 33
• AviationAirlinesUnited States: 46
• AviationAirshipsGermany: 52
• Banking and Finance: 58
• Business and IndustrySchemes Scams: 64
• Comic Strips Comic Books: 70
• CrimeMurder: 76
• CrimeRobbery: 84
• EngineeringTunnels: 134
• EntertainersWild West Showmen: 143
• EntertainmentTheaters: 149
• Expositions and Worlds Fairs: 159
• Gold: 170
• Human BodyCannibalism: 178
• Law and OrderCourts: 184
• LiteratureLiterary Movements: 192
• Magazines and Periodicals: 220
• NationsCambodia: 363
• NationsCongo Democratic Republic: 369
• NationsEstonia: 375
• NationsGreece: 381
• NationsNigeria: 401
• NationsSaint Lucia: 407
• NationsSweden: 413
• ReligionShakers: 487
• ScienceGeology: 493
• ShipsClipper Ships: 499
• ShipsNavalCarriers: 512
• ShipsNavalCruisers: 521
• ShipsPacket Ships: 531
• ShipsShipbuilders: 537
• Slavery and Involuntary Servitude: 543
• SportsIce HockeyEarly Years: 598
• ProfessionalLeagues: 600
• SportsOlympic Games: 606
• TelevisionPrograms: 612
• TimeCalendars: 630
• United StatesAgencies: 636
• United StatesConfederation Era: 642
• United StatesMilitaryU S Army: 648
• United StatesPrograms and Policies: 654

About the author

William B. Brahms graduated from Rutgers University with a B.A. in Economics earning College Honors and Phi Beta Kappa. He earned an M.L.S from Rutgers SCILS and is presently Chief Librarian at the main branch of the Camden County Library in Voorhees, NJ. He is President and CEO of Reference Desk Press, Inc. This is his fifth book.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Notable last facts: a compendium of endings, conclusions, terminations, and final events throughout history
• Author: William B. Brahms
• Compiled by: William B. Brahms
• Publisher: Reference Desk Press, 2005
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Dec 28, 2006
• ISBN: 0976532506, 9780976532507
• Length: 834 pages
• Subjects: History / Reference; Reference / Encyclopedias; Reference / General; Reference / Trivia