Talk:Dick Linthicum
Latest comment: 10 months ago by Caddyshack01 in topic Date of birth and death
 | A fact from Dick Linthicum appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 July 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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Did you know nomination edit
- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Vaticidalprophet (talk) 09:50, 9 July 2023 (UTC)
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- ... that prior to his career in the CIA, Dick Linthicum played basketball at UCLA and became the university's first All-American in any sport? Source: "Dick Linthicum. UCLA’s first All-American in any sport..."(Los Angeles Times) "He followed that with a 16-year career in the Central Intelligence Agency"(UCLA Athletics)
Created by Bagumba (talk). Self-nominated at 12:32, 3 July 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Dick Linthicum; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.
- I'll review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:43, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
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Appears to meet all the criteria. QPQ done. Looks good to go! BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:49, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
Date of birth and death edit
Hey, I found the grave of a "Richard Linthicum", Commander in the US Navy at the Arlington National Cemetery (Section 60 Site 3598). He is listed as born November 29, 1908 and died March 30, 1979. A photo is available (Army Cemeteries Explorer and Find a Grave) - Caddyshack01 (talk) 14:17, 13 July 2023 (UTC)