Businessmen Diamond Jim Brady

Diamond Jim Brady

Living place: New York

Birthday: 12-8-1856

Global rank: #70729

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Who is Businessmen Diamond Jim Brady?
Remembered for his immense appetite for both food and diamonds (he ate lavishly and collected over two million dollars' worth of jewels), railroad businessman and stock market This golden investor is also a famous philanthropist who has donated large sums of money to the Johns Hopkins Hospital of Baltimore.
An autopsy revealed his stomach was larger than the typical one, a finding that's not inconsistent with his legendary six-fold eating habit.
 
 

Young / Before famous

After starting his professional life as a guest support, he worked his way up the ladder in the New York Central Railroad.

Family life info

Born James Buchanan Brady, he grew up in New York City in a family that was meant to be modest. Although he never married, he was romantically involved for many years with actress and singer Lillian Russell.

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Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Businessmen Diamond Jim Brady?
On the night of the 1896 presidential election, he bet on candidates William McKinley (the eventual winner) and William Jennings Bryan that he unethically win the modern equivalent of five million dollars.

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When was Businessmen Diamond Jim Brady born?
Diamond Jim Brady was born in 12-8-1856, death year is , at the age of 168.
Where is Businessmen Diamond Jim Brady's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Diamond Jim Brady was born in New York, . is a Businessmen, whose Zodiac is Leo, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Dragon. Diamond Jim Brady's global rank is 70729 and whose rank is 981 in list of famous Businessmen.
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Events in 1856 and 12-8

Birthday Diamond Jim Brady (12-8) in history

  • Day 12-8 year 1624: Cardinal Richelieu was named head of state of France by King Louis XIII.
  • Day 12-8 year 1851: Issac Singer patented the sewing machine.
  • Day 12-8 year 1865: British surgeon Joseph Lister became the first doctor to use an antiseptic during surgery.
  • Day 12-8 year 1898: Hawaii was formally annexed to the United States.
  • Day 12-8 year 1972: The last American combat troops left Vietnam.
  • Day 12-8 year 1985: In the world's worst single-aircraft disaster, a Japan Air Lines 747 crashed into Mount Osutaka, killing 520 of the 524 aboard.
  • Day 12-8 year 1998: Swiss banks agreed to pay $1.25 billion to settle lawsuits brought by Holocaust survivors and their heirs. The banks had kept millions of dollars deposited by Holocaust victims before and during World War II.
  • Day 12-8 year 2000: The Russian military submarine, Kursk, and its crew were lost in the Barents Sea.
  • Day 12-8 year 2004: N.J. governor James McGreevey announced his resignation.
  • Day 12-8 year 2013: Notorious Boston gangster James (Whitey) Bulger was found guilty of 31 of the 32 charges he faced, including murder, extortion, money laundering, drug dealing and possession of weapons.
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